re: Can you shoot someone that is breaking into your car in your driveway?

In New Orleans? Nah..now connecting and killing is another can of worms. But you can fire your gun at them, just don’t hit’em. Might be against the law, but remember who is coming to take notes.

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What if they just charge you like they're coming to attack you?

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That falls under what is known as "stand your ground" law and there are varying factors that depend. Just because they are charging at you, doesn't mean you necessarily have the right to lethal force to prevent the attack. It all revolves around whether there is a threat of immediate and great bodily harm or your life is at risk (may not be using correct terms here as I don't deal in criminal law much; but you get the gist). The level of threat can be dependent on factors such as if the attacker is armed with something that can cause those things, size of the attacker in comparison to victim, etc., etc.

So like with nearly anything in the law, the common answer of "it depends" very much applies here.

Wasn’t that kid armed?

In Louisiana you are only justified in using lethal force to defend yourself or others from bodily harm or death. Not to protect property.

Justifiable Homicide - Louisiana

if you are in your car and have a reasonable fear of your life yes.

if you are not in your car... no

Merrit said he thought the kid was reaching for something. He wasn’t armed though

of course not

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if you see that someone is breaking into your car in your driveway on your property, can you go outside and shoot them?

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no