What happens after you shoot a home invader?

[perrazi]

depends on who they are related to and where all this takes place.

 

[hannstv]

Looks like Curtis must have been using ball ammo. Maybe should pick up some HPs.

 

[ibthumper]

In The Peoples Republic of Kalifornia. Most counties will Jail you.

 

[jimmyj]

My Question:
WHO uses a handgun to shoot a home invasion BG??

 

[williamlayton]

Very good chance, until they can sort it out, you will be cuffed and stuffed.
Tell the police that you shot in fear of your life.
Tell them in a calm manner---don't get smart---that you would prefer to talk to an attorney before you answer any questions.
It may get rough before it gets better depending on the cops who get there.
Remember--they don't know anything about you or what happened---the first thing they are going to do is make sure they don't get shot.
For God's sake---don't talk to the police, make any statements or ANY other comments. Keep your mouth shut--it will serve you well in the very near future.
Did I remind you to keep your mouth shut- You cannot say anything to them that will help you out.
Blessings

 

[jkc]

Once again, apropos of this thread, I'll commend Alan Korwin's recent book, Your Gun's Hot, The Perp's Not --- Now What?, an examination of what ought and ought not be done and said after a self-defense shooting. Available, along with lits of other worthwhile stuff, at gunlaws.com.

 

[quneur]

I would make this my sign. Stick it right at the front door.

 

[labworm]

My Question:
WHO uses a handgun to shoot a home invasion BG??

Jimmy, I would just be guessing, but probably 85% of home invasions are stopped with handguns by what I have read (American Rifleman, news etc.). But of course I could be wrong.

 

[DeadAye]

My Question:
WHO uses a handgun to shoot a home invasion BG??

Well, not yet, (and hopefully NEVER) - But that would be me.
As I sit here there's a 1911 within reach, same as when I'm watching TV.

AND
Since no one else has said it..........

What happens after you shoot a home invader?
RECOIL

 

[jag312]

What do I do after I shoot a home invader? I usually drag the body to a neighbor's front porch and leave it there to be found the next morning. Isn't that what everyone does?

 

[OLDFED]

1. Perp bleeds, maybe dies.
2. You experience a very high pucker factor and wish you HAD taken your wife to Hawaii.
3. You call police, describing yourself as the HOMEOWNER
4. You call your lawyer and let him or her do the talking.
5. After much heartache, time and trouble...you eke out enough from your declining savings and DO take your wife to Hawaii.
6. You don't enjoy Hawaii because you are still worrying/fretting/questioning over the whole matter.
7. Life will never be the same.

 

[rchance]

That reminded me of something I posted long ago.
This one took place 45 years ago, but I still get a kick out of it! I was liveing in north hollywood california. I had a old friend that came to my house that was badly beaten up and a sight! How he got beat up was a almost unbeliveable story in this day and age, as he claimed some burbank cops beat him and left him laying. He could be a mouthy drunk, so I think I pretty well knew how it went. Anyway he was liveing with a brother that had a position with warner brother studios, kind of high up. "Carl" had just flown his personal airplane in from back east, was looking for a job with no car etc. We had somehow become friends and did a little flying together. He wanted to stay with me untill he healed up as he was for some reason ashamed for his high powered brother to see him all black and blue.
Somehow his brother did find out he was staying with me. He came over and talked with carl a few minutes, then said follow me out to the car, I have a stack of mail for you, and they went out together. Carl didnt have a shirt on and with his face looking like hamburger looked baaad!
Soon I hear someone swearing at someone and here comes carl running in the house with my neighbor hot on his heels a few feet behind carl. The neighbor is only wearing underwear shorts and screaming, I am gonna kill ya! The neighbor could have done it too, as he was a rough stunt man in the movie industry! He chased carl right into my house and I had to get in between the two. Come to find out carl had his head down reading his mail, went into the neighbors house that looked identical to mine. (It was two cheap rentals on the same lot). Carl later told me the neighbor and his wife were "getting it on" on the couch when he walked in!

That's funny! I guess it wasn't funny at the time though.

 

[blujax01]

Very good chance, until they can sort it out, you will be cuffed and stuffed.
Tell the police that you shot in fear of your life.
Tell them in a calm manner---don't get smart---that you would prefer to talk to an attorney before you answer any questions.
It may get rough before it gets better depending on the cops who get there.
Remember--they don't know anything about you or what happened---the first thing they are going to do is make sure they don't get shot.
For God's sake---don't talk to the police, make any statements or ANY other comments. Keep your mouth shut--it will serve you well in the very near future.
Did I remind you to keep your mouth shut- You cannot say anything to them that will help you out.
Blessings

I agree and additionally would be feeling quite ill, no doubt having chest pains, and ask for an ambulance to take me to the E.R. At the hospital, I would ask to be kept overnight for observation (sure beats being taken downtown) and would use that time wisely - to gather my thoughts, to call the attorney and in general to get my act together. After all, I have just been forced to end the life of another human being. Not something I relish nor can know the full impact on my psyche.