re: Deadly force to protect property not legal in this state

Folks:

There seems to be some mass confusion on this.

Do any of you remember Yoshir Hattori? The guy who shot him did not end up so well. He did manage to avoid going to jail, but he ended up with a $650,000 judgment over his head -- very little of which was covered by insurance -- and he stated at the end of the trial that he would never own a gun again.

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Almost all of the "legal" advice on this thread is off the mark. Here is the only advice you need. Don't shoot anybody unless there is absolutely no other option in the world to keep you from getting killed. You are pretty much on safe ground there no matter what happens.

If you feel the need to polish up your gun because someone might steal your 4 wheeler, then maybe you ought to take the gun out only during hunting season. If you have an AR 15 for home defense, you might want to consider selling it for a twelve gauge pump, which would be a hell of a lot more useful in a home invasion and which is going to make you look a hell of a lot better if you actually end up using it for home defense.

Look, I own a mess of guns. But I also know the law, and I have seen the consequences of the "shoot the burglar" mentality. Settle down.