yep he was in the wrong house.
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What does that have to do with it?You have the RIGHT to remain silent. Do not willingly throw your rights away.
Again, the word reasonable is the key. Regardless of what their real motivation is, if you have reasonable cause to believe they are a legitimate threat, the use of deadly force is justified.Hypothetical situations. If a drunk wanders in through an open door, and it is obvious that the drunk poses no threat, call the police, however I will protect my family until the police arrive. But, if a drunk, who means no harm, breaks a locked door and enters the room, then the drunk is in real danger. How do I know that he means no harm? How do I know he is just drunk? I would have no way to determine his intentions. I would feel very threatened in that hypothetical situation. Wouldn't you?
Again, the word reasonable is the key. Regardless of what their real motivation is, if you have reasonable cause to believe they are a legitimate threat, the use of deadly force is justified.
"Reasonable" works both ways. It protects an obviously harmless drunk, but also means you don't have to wait to see if they are going to actually try and kill you and your family. If it's reasonable to believe from the available evidence that they will... kill them.
There's a huge difference between being prepared to use deadly force and actually using it. Even someone that seems to be a harmless drunk is going to be looking down a barrel until the police arrive.Just how far away would an intruder be from you inside the average home?
21 feet?
If you aren't locked, loaded, and have pressure on the trigger, there's a good chance you could be gutted by the drunk intruder.