Would you batter a burglar? (page 2)

Double Edge

I'm with LB. I was taking a nap one day when someone broke in the front door. He came face to face with me standing at the top of the stairs looking down at him with a 22 pistol. He screamed, peed his pants and ran.

ballistic

I don't know if all you Americans realise we don't have guns in the UK and we CAN be prosecuted for using "excessive force" against an intruder.

Deleted the rest for legal reasons.

Mimilly

Being a single mom with 2 girls has made me think about this before. This is the only area that I envy those in the USA with their guns.
I do, however, have two large dogs who would not take kindly to anyone strange, and a baseball bat (I'd crack the intruder's skull or neck) Hmm, EMT training can have a reverse affect!
I guess anyone who wants to tango with three girls and two dogs would deserve that right? :)
The safety of my girls is paramount. I'd go down making sure they got out.

"Our lives begin to end,
the day we become silent,
about things that matter"
~~Martin Luther King

sleepy

Yes bally

Remember that case a few years ago where that farmer blasted that young burlar to death and was sent down for it.What was that stuff you deleated?

I think that if youre scared and theres some one there , you don't have time to think and I would be forgiving of someone who was pushed to kill.But,it could be that people over react due to Tv and films and may cause harm when done is needed.
Is it really just to kill someone for trying to steal from you?
I think most burglars would run a mile if confronted by a householder, but you just dont know do you.
If someone does overreact and hurts an intruder ,it only serves him right for putting himself in that place.
You don't jump into a lions den and wonder why they want to eat you.

Cowboy

Like Wild Turkey said,if they come in my home while somebody's there,I'm assuming they want more than the TV.They took their chances when they entered my home,and they'll get to meet my 12 gauge (yeah,I've got pistols,but the 12 gauge is so much more fun).
No sleep lost.

Nuff Said,
Cowboy

It took me quite a while to realize that the real deal is to be able to be enough of a person on your own to know when somebody loves you and cares about you.
~Stevie Ray Vaughn

Mimilly

I certainly wouldn't be using a bat etc. unless I HAD to. If my dogs don't make them think twice, or they don't mind hurting the dogs, then they won't think twice about hurting the girls and I. The girls and I are scattered amongst three floors, so the dogs will definitely be where I make that decision.

"Our lives begin to end,
the day we become silent,
about things that matter"
~~Martin Luther King

Double Edge

I think that if youre scared and theres some one there , you don't have time to think and I would be forgiving of someone who was pushed to kill. But,it could be that people over react due to Tv and films and may cause harm when done is needed. Is it really just to kill someone for trying to steal from you?

If you're raised around guns you know better than to just start 'blazing away', in fact, it's very difficult for most gun owners to point a gun at anyone. I've had to use a pistol once and a rifle once for self protection. Both times, just showing the weapon was enough to scare them. I would really have to feel threatened to actually shoot someone, and I believe most gun owners are that way. (TV and films have no impact whatsoever on me).

teenyuck

I would. I have a bat under the bed. My husband travelled quite a bit for work and I decided that if someone broke in, I was going to go down with a fight.

When our electricity went out last summer, he got the bat and put it on his side of the bed.

I agree with the idea that they take a risk breaking in and they have to take the conquences.

LDH

When my house got burgled by members of the Bulldog gang (neighbor's good for nothing sons), although I was not home at the time I felt an immense, immediate, uncontrollable amount of rage.

Later, when my boyfriend (now husband) and I were waiting for the
PO-lice, I saw the boys going back home. Before I could even think about the seriousness of my actions, I grabbed my baseball bat and ran out the door swearing like a trucker; I was headed to confront the little bastards.

My boyfriend came running after me and dragged me back to the house--like I said these are gang dudes and always packing. It was not a pretty picture because I was determined to knock some Cholo heads.

I was physically restrained until I could calm down. I visited the no good parents with the Police and told them I would not prosecute if my stuff was returned--they denied it all. (They were seen by a nosy old lady neighbor).

Two nights later, their car was bashed to hell for no apparent reason, motive and without any suspect/perpetrator.

And to answer your question, YES I would kill an intruder without compunction. The rage I felt over mere property being stolen; all stuff *I* had worked my ass off as a single parent to get.

Hell yes, somebody's going to die if they break in my house and I'm home.

Lisa
(PS Julien, those were my first thoughts, LOL)

AjaxMan

I am firm believer of "A man's home is His Castle". If a burglar is in my house, I will grab my gun, grab my phone, dial 911 and have the operator listening me telling and pointing the gun at the burglar that I am armed and to "get the F*** out of my home" to make sure that whatever happens, I will not be sued by the bastard and his good for nothing family. Nowadays, because of some stupid law, a burglar or his family can sue you just because he, the burglar, was harmed in your property.

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