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Old 01-05-2012, 04:42 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by striperman36 View Post
a 55 year old man viewing plug porn on s-b.com, shoots the dude that crashes in through the door, to steal his Oxycontin, he uses to recover from cancer surgery?

Guilty of using unreasonable force, if he's dead. if he recovers the dude can sue you for using deadly force. Catch 22
MA removed the obligation to retreat. Someone comes banging on my door and then kicks it in, they're taking a few to the chest. That's not to say that there won't be a long, expensive trial trying to prove that any reasonable person would feel their life was in danger, but between my loved ones or my freedom... I'll choose the former.
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