Burglar Stops Mid-robbery to Watch Porn

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[citation][nom]connacht[/nom]For his sake he's lucky it wasn't my house. He would have been greeted with a 380ACP at about 950fps.[/citation]
Yes, killing someone for robbing your house is totally just punishment.
/sarcasm
 
[citation][nom]symetrixpc[/nom]This terroristic threat nonsense is pervasive and a product of 9/11 fears. It's over used, and overly general. Basically, any threat to any person, group of people, or organization (so anyone), is a terroristic threat and in most states is a felony. It's a second degree felony here in Utah. If I were to say to you, "I'm going to kick your ass!" I would lose my right to vote forever (if convicted of the felony). Not to mention the jail time and fines and other legal penalties involved. It began as a way to charge terrorists, but (at least here in Utah) is being abused because it is too vague and broad. I know many a citizen who has lost their rights over something very trivial.http://law.justia.com/utah/codes/2 [...] 05016.html[/citation]
Wow according to that link a 'terroristic threat' is when:
A person commits a terroristic threat if he threatens to commit any offense involving bodily injury, death, or substantial property damage, and [...] place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury, substantial bodily injury, or death:
So if he pushed the woman and threatened to injure her, then he is now considered a terrorist (at least in Utah).
 
[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]Yes, killing someone for robbing your house is totally just punishment./sarcasm[/citation]


You may say it with sarcasm but I can promise if someone broke into my house they wouldn't leave. I'm pretty certain the same applies to almost everyone of my friends and family. Breaking into a house can easily be a death sentence.

I'm not sure about where you live, but here if someone even steps foot into your house and you perceive it as a threat to yourself or your property its perfectly legal to kill them.
 
[citation][nom]f-14[/nom]better make sure you have the right guy, cuz if people here start posting to his page about his fapping off in mid-burglary and his employer/wife/gf/kids or what ever other relatives or friends see it, he can come back at you with a legitimate claim with a lawsuit.now if he posted on his facebook page "ya i'm robbin a house" " now i'm watching some porn at a house i'm robbin" "i got arrested for robbin a house" it's a safe bet. other wise go look in the phone book how many john smiths there are.i would think it'd be in the best interest of toms to protect it's readership and itself by pulling that link and others quoting it, you know how lawyers are with the RIAA and MPAA! look out jane[/citation]

Eh he cant come after me. I haven't accused him of anything, just posted a link. :)
 
[citation][nom]symetrixpc[/nom]This terroristic threat nonsense is pervasive and a product of 9/11 fears. It's over used, and overly general. Basically, any threat to any person, group of people, or organization (so anyone), is a terroristic threat and in most states is a felony. It's a second degree felony here in Utah. If I were to say to you, "I'm going to kick your ass!" I would lose my right to vote forever (if convicted of the felony). Not to mention the jail time and fines and other legal penalties involved. It began as a way to charge terrorists, but (at least here in Utah) is being abused because it is too vague and broad. I know many a citizen who has lost their rights over something very trivial.http://law.justia.com/utah/codes/2 [...] 05016.html[/citation]

The term "Terroristic Threat" has been around long long before 9/11 and has nothing to do with terrorism as we generally accept it today.

Terroristic Threat just means intimidation by threat of harm, or to terrify (scare) someone.
 
[citation][nom]tat2demon[/nom]You may say it with sarcasm but I can promise if someone broke into my house they wouldn't leave. I'm pretty certain the same applies to almost everyone of my friends and family. Breaking into a house can easily be a death sentence.I'm not sure about where you live, but here if someone even steps foot into your house and you perceive it as a threat to yourself or your property its perfectly legal to kill them.[/citation]
Just because its legal doesn't make it right.
 
[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]Just because its legal doesn't make it right.[/citation]

So if someone breaks into your house, tries to take your belongings and may possibly hurt or kill you, you're just going to sit back and watch? People like you are part of the reason there's so much crime. Felons have no reason to stop. The biggest thing they need to worry about is the small chance the cops will catch them. If there's an 90% chance a burglar is going to die when he breaks into a house, break-ins would drop to almost zero.
 
[citation][nom]tat2demon[/nom]So if someone breaks into your house, tries to take your belongings and may possibly hurt or kill you, you're just going to sit back and watch? People like you are part of the reason there's so much crime. Felons have no reason to stop. The biggest thing they need to worry about is the small chance the cops will catch them. If there's an 90% chance a burglar is going to die when he breaks into a house, break-ins would drop to almost zero.[/citation]
Well if I felt my life (or anyone else's life) was in danger then sure I'd shoot. But first I'd pull the gun and tell them to leave. The only way I'd shoot is if they came at me or pulled a weapon themselves. Funny how (at least where I live) home gun ownership is decreasing and crime is also decreasing. I'm not saying that there is a cause/effect relationship, I'm just saying that criminals don't commit crimes with the expectation that they'll be caught. That's the reason that increasing the sentences of criminals is not a deterrent for crime.
 
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