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**saerensenatljn** · 02-23-2012, 01:27 AM

I would say that he had clear justification. He was trying to intimidate for a completely valid cause, which was successfully borne out by the resulting capture of a chronic burglar.

I was thinking the same thing. Trying to put myself in his shoes, if I saw my neighbor's house was getting burglarized and the culprit saw me watching him, I would think that I am in danger, because a thug who's ok with burglary very well may be ok with offing a witness to his crime. I don't think I'd do a warning shot, but I wouldn't want him to get away, so holding him at gunpoint until the police arrive seems appropriate to me. Hell, I have a friend who used to live in Arizona and he'd get illegals crossing his ranch all the time and he'd occasionally go out and hold some of them at gunpoint until the cops showed up.

02-23-2012, 01:27 AM	#21
saerensenatljn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 586 Senior Member	I would say that he had clear justification. He was trying to intimidate for a completely valid cause, which was successfully borne out by the resulting capture of a chronic burglar. I was thinking the same thing. Trying to put myself in his shoes, if I saw my neighbor's house was getting burglarized and the culprit saw me watching him, I would think that I am in danger, because a thug who's ok with burglary very well may be ok with offing a witness to his crime. I don't think I'd do a warning shot, but I wouldn't want him to get away, so holding him at gunpoint until the police arrive seems appropriate to me. Hell, I have a friend who used to live in Arizona and he'd get illegals crossing his ranch all the time and he'd occasionally go out and hold some of them at gunpoint until the cops showed up.
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