Whats next, comparing whos got the biggest peepee?
ben
Just to clarify, you can never use deadly force to protect your property.
Around here they photograph the individual and items scraped. But let me tell I'm in the steel business and sell my scrap primarily stainless steel and they can put in a system as complicated as a airport but scrap is a shaddy business! If a scrap yard is to stringent he will lose business!
When you have individuals pushing shopping carts up to a scale full of copper pipe and siding what do you think they are contractors? Gimmie a break
It's about the money and only the money so what happens is they give the guy less than actual value and nothing is said. The scrap yard makes out because his profit margin is greater. You'd be surprised how fast it adds up. Very seldom do scrap yards get caught .
As far as these parts that were stolen IF they can be dismantled smashed or crushed it will just be sold off. Your best action is to call ALL the scrape yards and or fax them a description and hope the one who ends up with it helps you out. Don't expect the cops to do it,they wont unless it's handed to them on a silver plater. I'm not dissing the cops they have other more important things to deal with.
It's only going to get worse.
I love all the macho gun talk about thieves and such because in reality if you look at gun laws your the one that is going to end up in jail. I also believe in protecting ones self being I own guns and also a concealed carry permit and also property but I'd love to hear what happen when you shoot someone for petty theft when your person isn't in a deadly NO WAY OUT situation.
A lot of states are like that, you cant shoot someone for being on your property, and trespassing. Interesting you can wound them in Al though lol. Alabama has now a Castle Doctrine law which is pretty new. That means you can stand your ground and if they attack you can use deadly force.I agree with the gun issue. I don't see reason enough to shoot someone. However, i was told by the local law enforcement that Alabama as well as several other states laws are written like the following: If someone is trespassing or in your home unlawfully you are to offer them a chance to evacuate. If you tell them they are to leave and refuse. You are then allowed by law to shoot them. BUT you aren't allowed to kill them, only a minor blow such as the foot, hand, or something of that nature. I didn't believe the officer so i asked multiple local officers and they all told me the same exact thing.
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If your life is in danger protecting your property you can....
Again, you can never use dealy force to protect your personal property.
Makes me love Canada. We just punch each other in the face like men till the cops show up - well for the most part anyways.
A buddy of mine is down in Pennsylvania working and he got into it with a dude in a bar who was running his mouth. When he called him outside to dance they weren't outside a min and buddy that was runnin' his mouth pulled a gun on him. FN pussy.......
But like previously posted, you never know what you would do if you caught someone stealing your stuff until your put in that position so really those that haven't had it happen to them should really just stfu!!
Lol, it makes sense now that you tell the entire story.
EDIT: why were you drinking at a bar and carrying??????
And yes I have had a gun pulled on me and a buddy in a wal mart parking lot here in Vegas years ago. He put it right in my buddys face and started yelling. I had no gun on me at the time (I was like 18). Then he pointed it at both of us back and fourth, yelling. This was over us walking thru the parking lot and this guy came hauling past us in his car and almost him me, my buddy threw up his hands and said WTF, the guy slammed on his brakes, jumped out pulled a gun and cocked it. Went right up to my friend who is 5 foot tall. This guy was black and about 7 foot tall. When we calmed him down he got back in his car and you could see his knees sticking above the doors by the steering wheel. Scared the shit out of me.
Some of you guys are nuts. If someone pulls a weapon on me I will do everything I can to make sure they don't get a chance to use. I'm not willing to risk weather or not they are going to use it.
Last year some thug wanted to steal some ladies car and had her at knife point. She resisted because her baby was in the car and he killed her and took the car/baby.
Maybe where you live, but that ain't true for everywhere.
You are correct, but at that point you are protecting your life and not your property. Again, you can never use deadly force to protect your personal property.
Just make sure that you can articulate why you (or another person) were at risk for death or serious bodily injury and hope that the physical evidence backs up your statements. :beatdeadhorse:
Id bet on that also. Kinda like body builder guys you see at the bar always thinking they are the shit. Cant tell ya how many times thats not worked out in their advantage. Its the ones that dont cry "I have big nuts" that you have to worry about. Id take my chances any day getting the upper hand with a gun toting mugger if I didnt have mine with me. Once that adrenaline starts pumping your in a completely different mind frame and NOONE can say what they would do. Only thing to judge that is previous experiences with the same emotions flowing. I know what Id do judging from previous experiences but ALOT of people dont have that to go off of. Most people will choke when it really comes down to it. Ive seen it personally with many of friends. Some have it most dont. Just hope the situation never arises and you wont have to find out what the outcome is. Its purely instincts.Id be willing to bet that 95% of the people who pull a gun on someone (to mug them or whatever) wouldnt actually pull the trigger. Its purely an intimidation thing. If they wanted to kill you they would have already done it, not just sit there holding you at gunpoint like john wayne. But then if you pull out your gun and "counter" them, you just upped the ante and made things get a shitload more dangerous....does that make sense?
I'm no lawyer or law enforcement officer, but I do know how to read. I don't know of too many ways to interpret this law.Well I am speaking about the entire United States, I don't know about the rest of the world. I suspect most civilized coutries have similar laws as the U.S.
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Sec. 9.32. DEADLY FORCE IN DEFENSE OF PERSON.
(a) A person is justified in using deadly force against another:
(1) if the actor would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.31; and
(2) when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:
(A) to protect the actor against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly force; or
(B) to prevent the other's imminent commission of aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery.
I'm no lawyer or law enforcement officer, but I do know how to read. I don't know of too many ways to interpret this law.
Makes me love Canada. We just punch each other in the face like men till the cops show up - well for the most part anyways.
A buddy of mine is down in Pennsylvania working and he got into it with a dude in a bar who was running his mouth. When he called him outside to dance they weren't outside a min and buddy that was runnin' his mouth pulled a gun on him. FN pussy.......
But like previously posted, you never know what you would do if you caught someone stealing your stuff until your put in that position so really those that haven't had it happen to them should really just stfu!!