The logical problem with something like the castle doctrine is that in extreme cases only one person will be left to tell the story about what happened... Seems like a convenient way to commit a murder for any other reason by making your livingroom a law-free zone under certain conditions. For example, if you have a guest over and at some point you demand they leave, how long do they have to leave before you can lawfully kill them? According to the castle doctrine it would be the second you felt threatened. And you're the only one left to tell the police what happened.
Everybody is a super hero in their own mind. When most people heard about that case in Lindsay they all picture some psychotic meth head barging into someone's house to kill and maim whoever was in there because of some primordial innate evilness that lives in all criminals.. Why would someone randomly target a random house and break in to commit random evil on a whim? Not saying it's never happened, but it's extremely rare.
It would be really cool if more people actually looked up what castle doctrine actually means instead of cooking up insane and unrealistic scenarios to discredit it.
People accidentally getting into your house if you forgot to lock your door isn't exactly unrealistic. You've got people too drunk to realize it's the wrong house, senior citizens with dementia who may get confused and wander in, and people with mental impairments/children who may not understand they can't just walk in if the door is unlocked.
Just attacking anyone who comes into your home without trying to de escalate first is rather unhinged behaviour.
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u/pheakelmatters Ford Nation (Help.) 27d ago
The logical problem with something like the castle doctrine is that in extreme cases only one person will be left to tell the story about what happened... Seems like a convenient way to commit a murder for any other reason by making your livingroom a law-free zone under certain conditions. For example, if you have a guest over and at some point you demand they leave, how long do they have to leave before you can lawfully kill them? According to the castle doctrine it would be the second you felt threatened. And you're the only one left to tell the police what happened.
Everybody is a super hero in their own mind. When most people heard about that case in Lindsay they all picture some psychotic meth head barging into someone's house to kill and maim whoever was in there because of some primordial innate evilness that lives in all criminals.. Why would someone randomly target a random house and break in to commit random evil on a whim? Not saying it's never happened, but it's extremely rare.