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Tallinthesaddle wrote:Let's see, my mother was beaten and robbed when she was 60 and about $40,000 in cash and goods were taken. No suspects ever found. My dad had two trucks stolen and drove into a playa lake and his truck shop burglarized twice. No suspects found. I have had four spare tires stolen from my truck and car at separate times, years ago I had a set of custom wheels and tires stolen. No suspects found. Had a cotton stripper stolen and no suspects.

You're right. It's time to move on to another forum.

Excaliber wrote:

Tallinthesaddle wrote: I said nothing about the two shotgun blasts. I got my CHL today, but it is not worth killing someone over a theft, but it would be if they had used deadly force.

You would do well to carefully review your CHL materials on when deadly force (as in discharging a firearm in the direction of a person) is justified.

I think you would have a very difficult time trying to fit the fact pattern as reported here into the lawful criteria for use of deadly force. Firing a shotgun at or near a fleeing vehicle under the circumstances described appears to be reckless conduct at best. This could well have resulted in serious injury or death to possible petty thieves who did not pose an immediate threat to innocent life, and criminal prosecution for you.