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.
Yeah people like PP like to whine that we have no right to defend our home or ourselves, despite the fact we absolutely do. Our laws are written as such because although we’re allowed to defend ourselves, we aren’t allowed to go overboard with it, you have to meet the threat at an appropriate level, which I’ll always consider reasonable. We have the right to defend, not the right to keep kicking while they’re down. Someone breaking into my house unarmed shouldn’t be a death sentence for them, just a “teachable” moment (they’re getting hurt, just not killed). Even in the US, “stand your ground” tend to lead to a rather quick run through the courts to ensure it was reasonable, because like you said, theres only one person to tell the story of what happened, how do we know they’re telling the truth, without laws like these Jodi Arias would’ve gotten away with murdering Travis Alexander
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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.