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Originally Posted by Jeffersonwasright
I personally think that's an appropriate course of action. It's not a requirement in states like Texas, though, nor are homeowners typically charged for shooting an intruder, regardless of the intruder's identity, condition or motive. Still it seems that a verbal warning to someone attempting illegal entry could potentially save the homeowner a lot of trouble. The question is, why don't more homeowners do it? Why are there so many stories now of homeowners who wait quietly inside the house, then open fire when the intruder appears?
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You begin with a post that is rather strange and vague. Then you come back sounding like and anti gun lawyer fishing.
I am only aware of one story of a homeowner hiding, in some state far away, and she did not shoot from ambush. The word ambushed or dry-gulched are Hollywood inspired words that usually means a bad guy is sitting along a trail behind some bushes “laying in wait”. But the word ambush survived the Hollywood cowboy movies and got use in war movies. It is now in the dictionary meaning surprise “attack”.
It depends on who is hiding from who and why.
Honest people never hide ready to ambush(or attack). They hide and often pray the bad person will leave without stealing too much or raping and killing. Nowadays they are often on cell phones to police. It is one indicator of who is the good guy. The person who is on their own property fearfully calling police is generally the good guy.