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Originally Posted by jthig32
The castle law actually protects your entire property, not just your house.
So techincally I guess you could sit on your property line with a shotgun and shoot someone in a ski mask as soon as they stepped onto it.
I don't really have a problem with it, because if you restricted it to the house you would get unfortunate grey areas for people defending themselves.
However, I think people need to try and see the purpose of the law, not the letter of it. The guy in the article at the beginning of this thread is protected by the letter of the law, but this is certainly not the situation the law was put in place for, in my opinion.
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I think you got it exactly correct with the statement in bold above.
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Last edited by dalmations202; 07-01-2008 at 03:38 PM.
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