Quote Originally Posted by RevoCWN
in America they have some states that belive if someone breaks into your house, you have the right to shoot them dead on the spot. the rest of the states believe you must run or use no more force than the intruder, ie if the intruder has a knife, you could not use anything more than a knife to stop them from harming you or your family. what are your views on the situation?
2 points here....

1st, in Mississippi, they don't have to be inside the house to shoot them, they only have to be on your property, and you don't have to drag them inside the house after you shoot them.

2nd, with having served 22 years in the Coast Guard, and that being the *ONLY* military service that is a federal law enforcement agency, I was told the following by a federal magistrate;

If you have to shoot somebody, then empty the entire clip/magazine into them. When the judge asks why you put 14 rounds into the perp, you answer "In the heat of the moment, and being in fear of my life, I kept pulling the trigger until the hammer fell on an empty chamber."

Under NO circumstances do you reload!! First, after emptying the magazine, the threat will be gone. either the perp has hauled ass, or he/she is dead....either way the threat has ended. Second, to reload, consitutes "pre-meditation", and your gonna go to jail.