You act as if folks don't already know this.The lawyer you need to hire for your trial on a bad shoot will divest you of plenty...
You act as if folks don't already know this.The lawyer you need to hire for your trial on a bad shoot will divest you of plenty...
To bring it back around to a few pages ago...You act as if folks don't already know this.
You already have your answer. Others have their own. Be well.To bring it back around to a few pages ago...
If cost if items he's getting away with is significantly less than legal costs of defending why you shot an unarmed man in the back, then is it worth it?
All I'm saying is shooting them won't make you whole, either... life isn't fair.
It's unlikely that they have any assets for restitution, and if recidivism rate is as you state then you'd likely be receiving stolen property or money from crimes as restitution if you got anything at all.
I still don't want to face a trial for killing someone over stuff... I take measures that hopefully (and so far has) deters them, and they move on to something (or someone) easier. If I caught them in the act, I'd do what I can to stop and/or detain them... if lives are threatened, then deadly force is authorized.
To bring it back around to a few pages ago...
If cost if items he's getting away with is significantly less than legal costs of defending why you shot an unarmed man in the back, then is it worth it?
This is the post I was remembering...While the use of deadly force to protect property or criminal mischief during the night is lawful you must weigh the property against the cost of the use. Say you loose your nice 20v dewalt tool set plus your big rolling tool box and a couple power tools. The cost might be $5,000 or so. That sounds like a lot. In Texas if you lawfully shoot someone you must go before a grand jury. A “slam dunk” trial is about $10,000-15,000.
When it comes to the life of my family a $15,000 bill from a lawyer is nothing. Otherwise I have nothing in my garage worth the headache of dealing with lawyers.
Why not spend a few hundred reenforcing your garage to make it more criminal resistant. Lights, siren, pin the doors or add electric doors. That’s cheap.
Agreed, on all counts...Sadly, there's also a chance you'll be sued and a good chance your dogs will be killed.
I say that with disgust.