Man Cleared for Killing Neighbor's Burglars in Texas. Damn Right!

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Rath said:

Or the law should be changed because it is quite frankly ridiculous.

Bah I'm not entirely happy with New Zealand law at all points (our abortion and gay marriage laws aren't perfect for example) but I'm sure glad we at least got our laws right as far as self defense and guns go.

Edit: @Steven. Shooting somebody because it is theoretically possible that they have a gun, despite the fact that they are indeed running in the opposite direction to you, is still murder and not self-defense.

 

You are making several assumptions to make your point to Steven. For example:

-You don't know if he knew they had guns, you assumed he didn't know but he very well may have seen them holding them when breaking in initially. You can't hold a gun and a TV at the same time after all.

-You don't know if they were running for cover, for a weapon, or for their lives, you assume they were running for their lives.

 

In any case, the castle law is perfectly fine, the application of it here may have been dubious but that doesn't mean the law is flawed. It means the grand jury failed in its legal duties.