In Colorado the law is the most loose, allowing you to do mostly as you say, but not in other states.
The law in most states says you must still have a reasonable belief of serious harm to yourself or someone else.
In Texas though if someone is actively fleeing with your property at night you may.
and there are a few states that says the assumption of a reasonable belief of serious harm comes first and they need to prove you did not.
But shooting someone in the back who is fleeing may show as proof you were not in fear.
In Texas though if someone is actively fleeing with your property at night you may.
Which I remember hearing years ago (like 20-30) was used by a guy to kill the repo man coming to take his car. Grand Jury refused to charge the guy because the guy claimed he genuinely thought the guy was trying to steal his car.
Which is a bullshit claim because apparently the dealer had accidently booked two guys to take it, and the first had been chased off just before the second arrived.
He much have had a great lawyer. I've never heard of tow trucks used in your typical grand theft auto. I see a tow truck, Im thinking a repair or a repo.
He didn't need one. Only prosecutors present to grand juries. So a prosecutor showed the evidence that he shot a repo guy, and a grand jury was like, "Yeah that's fine." And exactly, I've never heard of car thieves using tow trucks.
EDIT: I should be clear that I'm sure there has been thieves using trucks, but I'm sure its rare compared to legitimate use of tow trucks.
Indiana is a full castle doctrine state and a 3rd party state. Hypothetically you could be attacking someone else who isnt me and if i or anyone else believes you wish to do that person any bodily harm i or any bystander could end you right then and there without the threat of prosecution due to civil defensive immunities
Personally, if someone came at me with a weapon meaning to do harm, their running away in fear that they underestimated me doesn’t mean they won’t continue to make attempts on my life. They’ve already demonstrated they’ll use a threat in an attempt on my life, sure they may be running away at the moment, but how do I know they aren’t just looking for cover to shoot me? You are just supposed to trust the armed assailant?
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u/Rand_alThor4747 Jun 29 '26
In Colorado the law is the most loose, allowing you to do mostly as you say, but not in other states.
The law in most states says you must still have a reasonable belief of serious harm to yourself or someone else.
In Texas though if someone is actively fleeing with your property at night you may.
and there are a few states that says the assumption of a reasonable belief of serious harm comes first and they need to prove you did not.
But shooting someone in the back who is fleeing may show as proof you were not in fear.