Home Invasion

[Colorado_Outback]

Makes me wonder if I could lose a civil case against me because of what I post here!

Yes.

I had a thread I posted here brought up in civil proceedings. I was less than amused.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Shooting someone should always be a solemn decision albeit not one to paralyze you into inaction. Your friend got the guy off the streets without having to deal with blood on his hands or on his property. I'd say he did it exactly right. Good for him!

[Ronin13]

Question on the Castle Doctrine part of the law:
Does garage count as part of the house/castle? You have no duty to retreat if you are inside your home/occupied domicile- if I recall the wording of the law correctly. So if the garage counts, then no, the homeowner doesn't need to run back into the house and wait for LE to arrive (and how long could that be? 12+min)- gunpoint or even shooting is justified (again, IIRC).

[TFOGGER]

Question on the Castle Doctrine part of the law:
Does garage count as part of the house/castle? You have no duty to retreat if you are inside your home/occupied domicile- if I recall the wording of the law correctly. So if the garage counts, then no, the homeowner doesn't need to run back into the house and wait for LE to arrive (and how long could that be? 12+min)- gunpoint or even shooting is justified (again, IIRC).

Attached garage has been ruled to be included in CRS18-1-704.5. I'm not aware of any precedent concerning detached garages either way, but maybe one of our legal folks can elaborate.

[glenncal1]

Jeez and I jumped about 10 feet straight up when one of those little brown garter snakes was in my garage one morning. I hope the cops had be very forceful arresting the dirtbag.

[Squeeze]

In my 3-day weekend, I avoided the internet to "decompress" a bit. I returned to this thread with great hopes to the positive responses I would read. I was very humbled. You guys are awesome. I have passed on many of your words to my friend/co-worker and he is grateful. I also agree with much of what has been posted - Jim, Ray, you guys especially. When I spoke to my co-worker about the experience after he has had time to re-cap it, he still stands firm in his decisions. I commend him for that. He did have the suspect at gunpoint the entire time and at the 8-ft. mark he had finger on the trigger with intent to fire. Once the suspect left his garage, he took his finger off the trigger and then closed the garage door as quickly as he could. It was a very scary experience and I hope none of us ever end up in that situation, but if we do...I hope we all come out on top whatever the choice(s) we make.