If they bring a gun into your house? I live in a country where you cannot own guns and it seems stupid to me that you can anywhere but I realise laws are different.
So in this case is it perfectly legal for him to hunt them down and shoot them inside his house?
Yes, it's called the Castle doctrine. Almost all US states will allow you to use force to defend your land against an unlawful intruder if your life is in danger.
shareSo this guy according to the law wasn't doing anything wrong. Obviously excluding the part of him keeping that girl prisoner etc.
But to the other three all was legal.
You are forgetting about trying to rape Rocky. He has the right to shoot Rocky in self defense not chain her up and rape her.
shareYes, which is why they could not ever go to the police. The blind guy, aside from his human incubator, was within complete legal means to defend his home.
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None of the killings shown in the movie were legal. Castle Doctrine doesn't allow you to murder people who are no longer a threat, only allows for self defence.
"I'll hit you with so many rights you'll be begging for a left."
Actually if you leave the subplot out and his struggle with Money he could use Deadly force the moment that gun was pulled on him (dependent state law and I live in one that allows it). They where both still in a struggle and he's all so a disable person. Now if that was out side my house and I had stopped the threat than yah I would had no grounds to just shoot him. He also didn't know how many others where in his house and who else was armed at that point.
shareIt depends on the state. I live in a state with "Stand Your Ground" laws. There is no duty to retreat from people who have broken into your home with a deadly weapon
shareHe didn't retreat, he disarmed him and held his own gun to his head. I have no issues with someone killing an intruder in self defence...however the killings were not in self defence.
No stand your ground or castle doctrine laws allow for execution style killing like when he killed Money or the other kid who was trying to escape and was shot in the back.
Now we the audience can see what he did was murder, it may be difficult to prove it in a court with no witnesses.
"I'll hit you with so many rights you'll be begging for a left."
No stand your ground or castle doctrine laws allow for execution style killing like when he killed Money or the other kid who was trying to escape and was shot in the back.
Now we the audience can see what he did was murder, it may be difficult to prove it in a court with no witnesses.
No stand your ground or castle doctrine laws allow for execution style killing like when he killed Money or the other kid who was trying to escape and was shot in the back.
Now we the audience can see what he did was murder, it may be difficult to prove it in a court with no witnesses.
I live in Georgia in the US and yes, it's 100% legal to shoot someone if they break into your home, armed or not. A few years ago, two teenagers broke into my garage and were stealing things out of it. My back door leading to the garage has windows on it so I was able to watch every move they made. Every time they walked back into the garage, it looked like they were getting closer to the door that leads into the house. I was on the phone with the Sheriff's office, giving them details, waiting but was also holding my own gun. The deputies came before anything else happened thankfully. Once they were arrested and I was giving my report, one of the deputies told me that from the moment the thugs stepped foot in my garage I had every right to shoot them. Turns out they were armed. It wouldn't have mattered either way though bc I had no way of knowing. Here, if you illegally enter a property, be prepared to get shot.
shareBut, if they are outside and you shoot them you will be arrested and charged.
shareThat actually depends if they are posing a threat. If they have a weapon and/or are threatening to harm you, you have the right to defend yourself with lethal force. You are right though, in that, if you shoot them and there are no witnesses and the person isn't armed you have a much higher risk of being arrested and being at the mercy of the courts.
shareI live in a country where you cannot own guns and it seems stupid to me that you can anywhere but I realise laws are different.
Because the intruders don't have guns either as they are so hard to obtain. Most home invasions are done by petty thieves, drug addicts etc. These people are unable to get their hands on guns and as such you never hear about shootings.
Of course you get the bikie gangs and organised crime are able to get their hands on guns but these people aren't breaking into regular people's houses. They generally just shoot each other.
With less guns in the community it stand to reason there will be less shootings.
I live in a country where you cannot own guns
Think about it. Do you really think North Koreans have access to internet to write on IMDB boards?
shareyeah I really thought you live in North Korea...it was a joke.
So which country do you live in that bans all civilian ownership of guns?
"I'll hit you with so many rights you'll be begging for a left."
Australia.
Obviously farmers can have rifles for shooting kangaroos etc, or if you're a security guard or similar and have valid reason to own a gun you can but you can't just go and buy a gun to "protect yourself"
but you can't just go and buy a gun to "protect yourself"