🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1993Nov18.172050.6534@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>, jgreely@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) writes:
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>In general, armed self-defense in the home is legal, although you
>should draw a distinction between "defending your home" (property,
>that is), and "defending yourself and your family".  A criminal who
>enters an occupied dwelling can be assumed to be prepared to deal with
>resistance, and can be held at gunpoint for the police, or, if he
>attacks you, shot.  If he tries to run away, he is no longer a threat
>(even if he's got your thousand-dollar stereo), and you have no legal
>right to shoot him.  In fact, if you chase after him and get into a
>fight, you're most likely guilty of assault.
>
>  Don't take this as a justification for prowling around a dark house
>with a gun in your hand, looking for the thug; that's a good way to
>get killed, or worse yet, to kill a family member.  The best thing to
>do is get the family together behind a locked door, call the police,
>and be prepared to use the gun if someone tries to get through the
>door.  Your insurance will replace the stereo if he gets away, but it
>won't replace *you*.
>
>
I have come to the conclusin that the best way to protect your property
in Ohio is with a camera with a zoom lense.  This is even more the case 
for those protecting a farm, where you have a lot of expensive equipment
stored outside.