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Iowa congressman, family safe after home invasion

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Ldir said:
That's one reason the military is not allowed to act on home soil. Different rules apply.
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Actually when you've intruded into someone else's home and attacked their family, I'm totally comfortable with Marine Corps thinking.

If you are the intruder you better hope there are no former marines in your selected home.

I do think the best possible result is not having to use the weapon... But like I said before, that's at the discretion of the home owner.
 
Ldir said:
That's one reason the military is not allowed to act on home soil. Different rules apply.
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True that.



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However if you are the President and claim to have ordered this hit on binLaden, you want to be heralded as a great savior of this country.

but....

If you are just three SEAL team members and get "caught" slapping a captive, the very same President will have you Court Marshalled.
 
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Doboji said:
Actually when you've intruded into someone else's home and attacked their family, I'm totally comfortable with Marine Corps thinking.

If you are the intruder you better hope there are no former marines in your selected home.

I do think the best possible result is not having to use the weapon... But like I said before, that's at the discretion of the home owner.
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I'm a retired Marine Corps officer and a Veitnam vet. I am armed. So stay away from my home and don't even think about threating my wife, children or garndchildren.
 
a777pilot said:
I'm a retired Marine Corps officer and a Veitnam vet. I am armed. So stay away from my home and don't even think about threating my wife, children or garndchildren.
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I may disagree with a lot of what you post sometimes... Although I totally I agree with you in this thread... And you may be a crazy old bastard about something's. But I have nothing but love for old jar-heads vets. Thank you for serving our country, I am in your debt.
 
Doboji said:
I may disagree with a lot of what you post sometimes... Although I totally I agree with you in this thread... And you may be a crazy old bastard about something's. But I have nothing but love for old jar-heads vets. Thank you for serving our country, I am in your debt.
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There is no debt. You and this country owe me nothing. It was my honor to serve. Being a Marine is payment enough. But you're welcome.
 
Just for reference, what's the cost of cleaning up a dead burglar's blood, brains, miscellaneous viscera, etc?
 
Doboji said:
When someone breaks into my house where my family is, they put their life in my hands. It is now up to me to decide whether to shoot him or not. Both action or inaction should be absolutely legal.

That clears the way for me to act in the best interest of my family... That should be the ONLY consideration in this scenario. Period.
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You didn't read my post. Your eyes might have faced it, but you didn't read it.
 
a777pilot said:
Less than that of picking up those of your child's.
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Well, clearly.

What I'm wondering is: If I come home, and find some guy trying to make off with, say, $1500 - $3000 worth of stuff; is it cheaper to shoot him or let him go? At what point does shooting him cost more than letting him go (assuming there's no danger to yourself or others)?

According to this site violent death scene cleanup is ~$600 per hour, and I'm assuming it takes them several hours to do a good job; so unless the robber is taking some very expensive things, it may just not be worth it.

Now, if you want to argue that a law abiding citizen has a duty to shoot the robber as they may pose future danger to other citizens.... then we have to factor in time value of money and place some dollar value on innocent strangers' life, take into account the mean time between robberies of the average thief, the probability that any given robbery turns into a murder, etc.... and that's just way more work than I'm willing to put into this.
 
Doboji said:
I may disagree with a lot of what you post sometimes... Although I totally I agree with you in this thread... And you may be a crazy old bastard about something's. But I have nothing but love for old jar-heads vets. Thank you for serving our country, I am in your debt.
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As are we all and he should seek the services of the VA to deal with his obvious demnetia on our dime.
 
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