Originally Posted by
Same Old, Same Old
What does not locking the doors have to do with anything??? People keep saying that but if your doors are unlocked it does NOT give someone the free pass to enter.
I DO NOT have to lock my doors.
When I wrote this...there were no details. As in where the person entered, where the homeowner was sitting and what state the person who was shot and killed was in.
I posted later
I see what you are saying. But there is degrees to this stuff.
I live in a condo tower were units are in stacks and every floor looks exactly the same in the halls. When home, I do not lock my door. There have been several times where stupid contractors or cleaning ladies have gotten off on my floor and entered my unit when they thought they were entering a unit on a different floor.
This shocked the hell out of me and pissed me off, but I did not shoot the person. I yelled at them but that was about it. What you are saying is I have the right to shoot them. Am I understanding you correctly?
Of course, every time it happened was in the middle of the day and not at 1am but I hope you can see my point.
The homeowner had legal right to do what they did. But until people know the details, and I doubt we ever will, you just have to say it was an unfortunate event.
The fact that the person went through a closed gate in the back yard, through a unlocked back door, through a house and coming to the stairwell, all the while ignoring the warning words was not known at the time of posting.