Exactly how it played out when my older brother and I held a guy at gun point until the police arrived. It wasn't even in my home....(parking lot of an apartment complex). We caught some guy breaking into my truck, retrieved our pistols from an apt. we shared....then approached from two different angles as he was leaning inside the passenger side window.The Annoyed Man wrote:It is inconceivable to me that a judge wouldn't throw such a suit out of court. You're in your home, minding your own business, and a burglar enters? He's darn lucky if he doesn't get shot - and if it's at night, you're well within your rights to shoot first and ask questions later. If I hold an intruder at gunpoint until the police arrive, and it is my home, I expect the police to say "job well done, we'll take it from here," and never hear about it again until I appear as a witness at the BG's trial. If not, I'll make mincemeat in the local press out of the judge, the prosecutor, and the perp.
I'm not havin' it.
The guy was HAPPY to comply with my every order....until the police arrived (5 cars at once). They had NO PROBLEM with us whatsoever. My brothers girlfriend had "called in" the report and given a description of us (the good guys) and what was happening.
That was 30 yrs. ago, but I doubt things would be too much different today. Kudos to Austin PD!
