How far are you allowed to go to stop a robber in your home if you feel threatend by him/her?

Terry

Sufficient force to protect yourself and eliminate the threat. You are required to run away rather than fight if you can.

If you hit the guy with a baseball bat and he falls to the ground, you can't then hit him again - you have to run from the house and contact the police. If you shoot and wound him so that he is no longer a threat, you cannot shoot again.

You are not allowed to use anything more than 'reasonable force' to protect your property. That is generally taken to mean you can't cause any real harm to the person just to protect your stereo; but you can if they are threatening violence toward you.

You also cannot shoot or hit them if they are trying to run out of the property - there is no longer an imminent threat.

Roger N

Allowed or not, ANYONE unidentified that tries to come thru my front door is going to get a leathal dose of lead poisoning.
I'll protect my family at all costs and deal with the proscution later.

phileemac

batter him over the head take him upstairs and throw him out the window its aggrovated burglary if they go upstairs scumy f****ers

Bryan

It depends on where you live as to what laws apply. In the state of Texas deadly force is acceptable if a person has broken into your home and you feel in fear for your safety or that of your family. All shooting cases are reviewed, but charges are rarely filed if the facts support your statement of events.

CLIVE H

Under English Law, if you try to stop the robber by hitting or stabbing, you will probably end up on a GBH charge. No matter how sympathetic the public might be when its all reported in the press. I would take considerable care to avoid any confrontation with a robber inside your home. Ensure you fit the very best security devices you can afford. Alarms the lot. Be on friendly terms with neighbours. Look out for them and they will look out for you. Good luck.

Lala

You may use reasonable force to defend your home. But if they are at the door you cannot harm them as you have a duty to protect guests (Wanted or unwanted!) on your property. If they do however come up the stairs or approach you in a threatining way you are entitled to defend yourself and your family.

Doot

Lawfully self defense covers those protecting themselves and those that are dear to them. However, if the robber does not have something in his possesion that can kill you - you can't use deadly force against him. The law protects only those who fight off intruders on equal grounds. Be careful, as I'm sure this is not always going to work out well for you. On time a robber tried to get in through a sky light, but fell onto a knife that was on the victim's counter top. The robber sued and won. Awkward.

a m

reasonable force to stop him/her from doing what there doing

personaly id kick the sh>it out of them till the police comes

caballero5792

do you have a shotgun? if you can prove you used it to defend yourself/others you can shoot the scumbag that broke into your house.

recon

Here in NJ. if they are in your house...shoot to kill...if they are outside...shoot to kill...drag them in your house...If they live they will sue you. You can protect your family. If someone is in your house they are there to take things and hurt or kill people. Kill him....its a good kill

Day1 you are wrong. if they are in your house you dont wait til they come to you. you can go after them. They will kill you if they get the chance. Come in my house...you leave in a body bag...

Veston Pants

Reasonable force in the UK........make of that what you will.

xxB

topgunpilot22

stop them by any means you want as long as you can prove self defense you can brake bones or even kill the robber or anyone who was not actually invited into your home ie a neighbor just walks into the house without knocking or giving a signal that they are there and want to come in prior to them actually doing it kick their tushy as much as you want "I'm sorry officer I thought he had a gun and was trying to rob me"

thunderchild67

I would probably be prosecuted but if someone came into my home and i feel threatened which i probably would be since i have 4 kids i am on my own with i will do anything to disable him to protect my children this would be done by using martial arts since i am black belt so he would gte a bigger shock that i would because i could take him down and he would stay down until police arrived

IndeXed

A cop told me one time that if you feel like your life is in danger you could kill someone as long as you can prove that your life was in danger like if he had a gun.......so he told me if someone is robbing your house shoot the guy then shoot a bullet through your celling that way you can tell the cops that you fired a warning shot but he still came at you.....that's kind evil but its a evil world i guess

Steve M

I think that I would prefer to be prosecuted and alive rather than to be a wimp and end up dead. Tell the ****hole to **** off out of your house, stand to one side to allow him out and then call the police. If he goes for you - smack the ****** any way you like with whatever is to hand.

roseofsharons2002

In Wisconsin, if a robber is climbing in a window and you shoot him/her, make sure he/she falls into your house. If he or she falls outside, go outside & push them back inside. Oh ya , make sure they're dead.
If they're not dead and the cops show and the person survives, They're going to sue you, saying you invited them into your house and than you shot them.

burnt bob

where are you in the world that will matter a whole lot repost or e-mail me some places you can kill them some you have to let them kill you sad but true

Michael F

He FELL downstairs officer, I ermmm think I must've startled him and look at all that blood on my carpet

Leviathan

I live in England and we're always hearing about home owners getting arrested for punching a thief while they were trying to steal their TV and I understand people in the ridiculously litigious US have been sued by burglars who were hurt falling off their roofs!

Personally I feel that if it can be proved that a burglar is there to commit a crime they should not have so much legal protection - why do human rights too often mean rights of the criminal? The victims human rights are too often spat on. In the UK reasonable force is the very gray undefined message about what force can be used. You cant stab them unless they attack you with a knife first. You cant shoot them unless they've shot at you - I guess the governments would like us to say 'can I help you get that TV to your van outside' and then pitch in.

Realistically I would use maximum force (how DARE they invade my home?) I would not hesitate to kill an intruder and would certainly deal with the situation privately as the law always protects the criminal.

If the burglar attacked you and you got in a few good punches and won - the policemen arriving would probably arrest you for GBH. God, how I wish that was ridiculous. Its not. Its really not...

Bartleby the Scrivener

It depends on the state. In California, they'd better be inside your home with an item that reasonably appears to be a weapon or you're in serious trouble. In Indiana, it is black letter law that if someone is trespassing on your yard, you may use deadly force to protect it.

Check with your local laws before engaging in anything like this.

-Bartleby

popeye

well you could essencially kill them if you feel threaghtned...self defence is a ******... but if you loose on the self defence side of it you could be prosicuited

d3midway

Bryan is correct about the state of Texas. If someone breaks into your home shoot them and say you were in fear of your life. You will not be lying because if you are there they will do something to you. They do not want you to tell the cops.They should not have been breaking into your home to start with.

alan r.

If your in the Uk you'd have to be very careful you didn't violate the robbers human rights.Therefore the utmost civility and understanding should be used.Remind the said robber that you will call the police,and if they turn up and he is arrested at some point and he is found to be a drug addict fuelling his addiction.It should be pointed out to him that he may not get his full daily intake of his prefered narcotic in prison.However this is not all bad news for him,because now he stands to gain a substantsial payout for,yes, violation of human rights.After all he was self employed and only doing his job.

GeneHunt

In the UK your are allowed to use "Reasonable Force" to defend yourself whether it in your home or on the street.

"Reasonable Force" can range dramatically but every incident is different so treated differently.

Just remember you can only DEFEND and NOT attack.

daveshere

U.K Reasonable force.

I believe that should s/he come up stairs while you are in then you have more rights and more chance of getting off should you attack them.

Should this happen to you it is worth saying that the robber said to you ' I'M GOING TO KILL YOU ' had s/he said this then you should be able to use reasonable force to remove them or restrain them because you believe YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER.

Should the burglar be hurt then you will probable be arrested however most copper with common sense will be on your side (you probably won't get cuffed and maybe able to get their advice off the record)

Should you get arrested however much you feel in the right and don't need one, GET A SOLICITOR.

briangimma

put him in hospital first. sort the details out later

sarah c

Are you in England or the States? In England you're allowed to use 'reasonable force'.
You'd have to prove you believed you were being reasonable when it came to court.
I weigh 8 stone so whats reasonable for me is different from you if you're a 16 stone rugby player. I could probably use a dog and a baseball bat perfectly reasonably, I'm a very reasonable person.

ste l

when i moved in to my first flat i got a machety knife
I'm from a ruff area and the flat was in the same estate
one day my mam was visiting me and she found it.
i told her the truth it was for smack head bugler protection
in her wisdom she pointed out what if you are out and Hayley
"my lass" is in alone some one breaks in and she go,s for
them with it and they take it off her.
it went in the bin the next day

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