Man with shotgun holding kids

[letmetellyou]

I am surprised nobody posted this. It just re-afirms my position that you can protect your property where I live in Maryland.

SoMdNews.com: St. Mary’s mothers express fears after sons detained at gunpoint

Two St. Mary’s mothers awaiting the results from an inquiry into an incident two months ago in Wildewood, where they say their teenage sons were accosted at gunpoint, came forward this week to publicly express their fears after Friday’s massacre at a school in Connecticut.

St. Mary’s County’s state’s attorney said Monday that a Wildewood resident was lawfully protecting his family and property during the nighttime confrontation, and that no charges will be filed in the matter.

Where's all the people who say that you can't use a firearm to protect your property in Maryland?

[Lurk]

Originally Posted by letmetellyou

I am surprised nobody posted this. It just re-afirms my position that you can protect your property where I live in Maryland.

Yer right. This does sound like another Trayvon-like issue of a kid being where he shouldn't. In this case he had an accomplice, which makes it even more dangerous for a homeowner to confront the scofflaw on his own. Oh, and by the way:

During that time period, the prosecutor said, there had been numerous break-ins to cars in the Wildewood community, incidents of vandalism and reports of possible home burglaries.

from your link.

[itsrequired]

Originally Posted by Lurk

Yer right. This does sound like another Trayvon-like issue of a kid being where he shouldn't. In this case he had an accomplice, which makes it even more dangerous for a homeowner to confront the scofflaw on his own. Oh, and by the way:

from your link.

I call on the Trayvon comment from both you and the mother. Travon Martin was walking through a neighborhood and then decided to assault a person. These two were in a man's yard in the middle of the night. The mothers trying to use either the Trayvon incident or especially the Newtown incident make them deplorable.

Maybe they should be more concerned with why their kids were in this man's yard. They weren't found lying on commmon property when the cops got there, they were in the mans yard.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by letmetellyou

I am surprised nobody posted this. It just re-afirms my position that you can protect your property where I live in Maryland.

SoMdNews.com: St. Mary’s mothers express fears after sons detained at gunpoint

Two St. Mary’s mothers awaiting the results from an inquiry into an incident two months ago in Wildewood, where they say their teenage sons were accosted at gunpoint, came forward this week to publicly express their fears after Friday’s massacre at a school in Connecticut.

St. Mary’s County’s state’s attorney said Monday that a Wildewood resident was lawfully protecting his family and property during the nighttime confrontation, and that no charges will be filed in the matter.

Where's all the people who say that you can't use a firearm to protect your property in Maryland?

Not sure anyone actually said that. If you fire it you may find yourself in trouble though, especially if you hit someone. Outside your house? Big trouble.

[dan0623_2000]

All the kids have to do is stay off the mans property. Sounds like a classic case of rich mommy and daddy trying to protest that their little darlings got caught.

[MMM_donuts]

We really are having crime problems in Wildewood. We're all suspicious of everyone these days.

If someone was wandering around my property in the middle of the night, I might have done something very similar.

[BernieP]

Originally Posted by dan0623_2000

All the kids have to do is stay off the mans property. Sounds like a classic case of rich mommy and daddy trying to protest that their little darlings got caught.

you need to read the entire story, later Fritz says it doesn't matter if the one boy was on his property, he was simply close enough. The two boys were not together, the other boy was on the road, had come out of his house when he heard his friend.

Pretty hard to justify shooting someone, a teenage boy, when (a) he is not on your property, (b) doesn't have a weapon and (c) his offense is walking.

In most jurisdictions the only justification for using deadly force is fear for your life, and that it is the last resort. Protecting one's "property" with a firearm is frowned upon and considered excess force.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by BernieP

you need to read the entire story, later Fritz says it doesn't matter if the one boy was on his property, he was simply close enough. The two boys were not together, the other boy was on the road, had come out of his house when he heard his friend.

Pretty hard to justify shooting someone, a teenage boy, when (a) he is not on your property, (b) doesn't have a weapon and (c) his offense is walking.

In most jurisdictions the only justification for using deadly force is fear for your life, and that it is the last resort. Protecting one's "property" with a firearm is frowned upon and considered excess force.

Yeah, he was just heading over to his friends house at midnight.

[blazinlow89]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Yeah, he was just heading over to his friends house at midnight.

Did it all the time when I was teenager. I would drive though.

[Rommey]

Originally Posted by MMM_donuts

We really are having crime problems in Wildewood. We're all suspicious of everyone these days.

I guess I'm glad I live in PG...