Getaway driver arrested for murder.

Vixen said:
No, I did not say that. I said, in the UK news, when a person is said to be armed, people generally take it to mean armed with a gun, unless it's qualified by 'armed with knives', or whatever the weapon.
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This is what you said in post 328:
Vixen said:
Armed usually means with a loaded gun.
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Then you said this in post in post 358:
Armed robbery means = with a gun or imitation gun in the UK.
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All of which means you were ignorant of what the legal definition of "going armed" is in the U.S. Myself and several others have posted that definition with several links, so if you like, you can go back, read them, and become better informed.
 
Dr. Keith said:
Generally, I agree. I just know that I would have to be quite certain before I pulled a trigger. So, I may not shoot when I legally could and that may cost me my life.
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What you described happened to me. I didn't shoot and I'm glad I didn't, for the reason you mentioned.
 
marplots said:
What you described happened to me. I didn't shoot and I'm glad I didn't, for the reason you mentioned.
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I told a guy trying to break in I had a gun and I would shoot him if he came in; he actually kept fussing with the door for a second before hoofing it.

If he'd continued, I would have had to hoof it to the basement to find my weapon as I'd recently moved and hadn't unpacked it.
 
Argumemnon said:
This is what you tell them as they get down to business?

You probably wish you had grabbed your gun when you had the chance rather than chit-chat with the intruders, right?
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Terrible logic. As of the moment you hear someone break in, you have no idea of their motive, other than the obvious one of burglary.

Your fantasy scenario is a hypothetical what-if, and I do not waste time answering hypothetical questions.

What if they wore dresses? Then they could be your grandmother.
 
Vixen said:
Terrible logic. As of the moment you hear someone break in, you have no idea of their motive, other than the obvious one of burglary.
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That's exactly my argument!

Are you going to acknowledge that your solution, to talk to people who just broke in your home and whose intentions you don't know, is stupid?
 
Resume said:
This is what you said in post 328: Then you said this in post in post 358:
All of which means you were ignorant of what the legal definition of "going armed" is in the U.S. Myself and several others have posted that definition with several links, so if you like, you can go back, read them, and become better informed.
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Fwiw, as someone originally from the uk, when we say "armed" it just means "has a weapon" (including knives). I have no idea what vixen is going on about.
 
Vixen said:
No, I did not say that. I said, in the UK news, when a person is said to be armed, people generally take it to mean armed with a gun, unless it's qualified by 'armed with knives', or whatever the weapon.
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So far I think that "people" in your claim is limited to you and no one else.
 
Vixen said:
Being British, I feel sure I would politely but firmly demand to know what they were doing, and invite them to leave.
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There is logic to this ... with one caveat (I'll add)

Since I assume (same as me) even if you had access to firearms you would not have them ready for the extremely unlikely event of a home invasion.

And assuming you were home alone (in the UK)

Yelling at intruders to get out might work, most of the time ... the caveat I'll add is to do so with one hand on the opposite exit door and get ready to run away, very fast.
 
Vixen said:
Being British, I feel sure I would politely but firmly demand to know what they were doing, and invite them to leave.
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Being British or any other nationality, anyone should figure that breaking into property that does not belong to you is actually a very convincing invitation to leave. Pointing a gun at the perp is also another very convincing invitation to leave. It seems the three dead men could not take a hint.

Still waiting to see who the 1% in this thread other than you and me who are not so happy these guys are dead. Going to give us a hint?
 
Ranb said:
Being British or any other nationality, anyone should figure that breaking into property that does not belong to you is actually a very convincing invitation to leave. Pointing a gun at the perp is also another very convincing invitation to leave. It seems the three dead men could not take a hint.

Still waiting to see who the 1% in this thread other than you and me who are not so happy these guys are dead. Going to give us a hint?
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We have been told 'it is illegal to point a gun at somebody'.

Maybe the other solution is to call the police before descending the stairs with your AR 15.
 
Vixen said:
We have been told 'it is illegal to point a gun at somebody'.

Maybe the other solution is to call the police before descending the stairs with your AR 15.
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In Canada it's illegal to even have a firearm loaded unless it's in a location where it can be legally used ... of course a home invasion (or literally, foxes in the hen house) certainly qualify as a location.
 
Vixen said:
Maybe the other solution is to call the police before descending the stairs with your AR 15.
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A perfect solution is to stay the **** out of other's homes. To not break in, twice. They had time to think about things and they thought the best idea was to commit another crime wearing masks and carrying weapons.
 
Vixen said:
Being British, I feel sure I would politely but firmly demand to know what they were doing, and invite them to leave.
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You're dodging the point, constantly. It's beginning to appear that you're doing so deliberately.

How do you know that they do not have violent intentions? Can you take that chance, since they just broke into your home?
 
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