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In article <3752dcb9.112630497@news.mindspring.com>,  <ReadyTexan> wrote:
>I once had a Texas cop tell me "if you shoot someone breaking and
>entering your house and he happens to fall outside please drag him
>inside before we get there. It reduces our paperwork".

This couldn't be MORE wrong, and is an old wives tale/gunshop myth.

Modifying the crime scene is the act of a guilty person.  Modern forensics
will be able to determine what really happened.  In the meantime, you
will have lied to the investigating officers about the incident, which
will destroy your credibility.  

The universally accepted rule is that deadly force is justified in situations
in which your life, or the life of another person, is in immediate danger.
Doesn't matter when or where the people involved are located.

Keep in mind that survival should always be the first priority, not
looking for an opportunity in which deadly force is "allowed" under a
particular set of state laws.  Leaving your safe room, or your house,
for the purpose of confronting a potentially armed criminal simply to recover
property puts you at a greater risk of being hurt or killed.   

In the Rambo fantasy world a "clean shoot" means a pat on the head from the
cops and no hassles down the road.  I'm not aware of any real situations
that turned out that way, and that comes from personal discussions with
citizens and law enforcement officers who have "been there, done that".
Realistically you better assume that using deadly force will cost you $25-50K
and will be a major disruption in your life, much more than the loss of
a car stereo or a TV, but much less than dying or losing a loved one.   

Karl
rehn@krtraining.com
http://www.krtraining.com