In Virginia we have a duty to retreat, you cannot shoot intruders unless they are a lethal threat.
A New York Slimes “reporter”, by definition, is a “lethal threat”. They slaughter the truth, every chance they get. Shoot her.
Don’t think so: https://www.tmwilsonlaw.com/criminal-law/self-defense
One of these “reporters” will jack with the wrong person and it will be the last story they ever worked on. Unfortunately, their partners in crime will reap many stories on their demise..
Wow, Virginia has changed. In my GGGG...GGGrandaddy’s day they gathered the neighbors and pursued the intruders all the way back to their village, rescued any captives, and burned the village and the fields to the ground.
You get a free shot in NC.
Really? Are you sure about that?
“In Virginia we have a duty to retreat, you cannot shoot intruders unless they are a lethal threat.”
Not according to anything I read. If fact pro-gun groups fought against a castle-doctine bill since ‘it would be a step backwards’.
Don’t try my house.
Where are you going to retreat in an apartment?
In Virginia we have a duty to retreat, you cannot shoot intruders unless they are a lethal threat.
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Show us a Virginia case establishing that duty to retreat means that you have to leave your home while a perp walks off with you belongings.
#7. Yes, you take one step backwards and if the intruder is still there, has a weapon in their hand, or is moving towards you, you can shoot, many times.
As my police office son used to say, we have plenty of ammunition for any intruder, the poor bastard.
PS: We did have one person who had been in our house as a guest of a family’s friend, and later threatened to kill us (we had no idea who he was. He had hidden drugs or money in our house without us knowing it). He was an interstate drug dealer according to those who knew him. We put his ass in jail.
OBTW, he is alive only by the grace of God and good timing, and one wonderful police officer from another jurisdiction who took his death threats seriously unlike my local clowns.