<VV> Stolen Corvair recovered

[Dave Morris]

>At 08:44 hours 05/23/2005, Bill Elliott wrote:
>
>>Current case law gives you the right of self-defense ONLY when your life 
>>(or someone else's life) is threatened, NOT when you are "merely" 
>>protecting property. (For the logical evolution of this line of thought, 
>>check out the UK citizen who shot armed thiefs IN HIS HOME and went to 
>>jail for a far longer period than the criminals for using "unauthorized 
>>force".) I understand that even the police are not authorized to use 
>>deadly force if ONLY property is endangered. So Tony, think twice about 
>>slapping that perp with a rock unless he's in your house...
>>
>>Bill Elliott

Wonder if the operative phrase here is "UK citizen".  Every state and 
country has its own laws.  Here in Texas, for instance, it used to be OK to 
shoot a horse thief.  And we just traded our horses in on cars pretty 
recently.  So it may actually still be legal here to shoot someone who is 
stealing your 110 horses!  I wouldn't advise anybody to kill another human 
just because he was taking his $3000 rust bucket, but I do understand the 
frustration with crime.


Dave Morris