Is it legal to use deadly force if someone breaks into your home or apartment in Las Vegas, or are you supposed to flee from the intruder before resorting to self defense. Does Nevada have a "castle doctrine"?
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I didn't look at cases, but it does look like you do have this right in Nevada:\n\nNRS 193.240  Resistance by party about to be injured.  Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by the party about to be injured:\n\n1.  To prevent an offense against his person, or his family or some member thereof.\n\n2.  To prevent an illegal attempt, by force, to take or injure property in his lawful possession.\n\n      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1469)\n\nNRS 193.250  Resistance by other persons.  Any other person, in aid or defense of a person about to be injured, may make resistance sufficient to prevent the offense.\n\n      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1469)
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nUnder current federal law, any sale made by a holder of a FFL (Federal Firearms License) must conduct a National Instant Check. Only private party sales are currently exempt from this check. However, whoever bought the firearm first is the registered owner start a paper trail when they sell a firearms because they never know what future owner will use it unlawfully.\n\nBe forewarned... most stated do not allow property owners the right to use lethal force to protect property (your stated reason for buying a rifle). In most states, if you use lethal force to protect property you will find yourself facing charges for murder.\n\nHave a nice day. Good luck.
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The precedent set by the Crown vs Tony Martin was unclear, but the gist of it is... If you can convince a Jury that you had reason to believe your life is in danger, then lethal force is justified.\n\nIf you respond to a shove with a punch then that is what the police classify as a "Fray" and both parties are basically consenting participants in violence, and are both equally responsible.\n\nIf property is involved or threatened then the "victim" is usually considered to be in the right, but witnesses will be required unless there is little room for doubt (ie if property was actualy stolen).\n\nThe old adage "Property is 9/10ths of the law" is acually true!
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I don't know what state u live in but Oklahoma has the make my day law. If you attempt to break in my house or come on my property and have intent to harm I can shoot your a** and i will not go to jail\ncheck your state laws
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An actual threat to do you harm is illegal.  However, an implied threat would be tricky to prosecute.  If I said "I want to beat you up" is not the same as "I am going to beat you up". . . I am sure he sounded threatening, but perhaps (though wrongly) he was expressing what he'd like to do, and did not state that he was going to do it. . simply because I find it difficult to believe that some one would say "I'm going to kick your *butt*" without a clause and not do it.  Like. . "I'm going to kick your butt if you ever do that again or put anything on my car again".\n\nI would not warn anyone if I was serious about doing harm to them, as they would know by my actions, not a warning or a "threat". . like "My fist is going to hit you once I am done telling you this". . see, that just does not make sense.\n\nBest thing to do in a situation like you were in, is,  WALK AWAY and tell your boss.   People tend to be protective about their property and you did place a warning on his vehicle . . . which was probably not enforceable. . . or your place, and he handled the situation in a bad way (being uncivil).
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I live in Texas and I can give you the exact answer to this. Texas is one of the few states that allows people (ordinary citizens) to carry concealed handguns as long as they have a permit to do so. You can legally shoot someone on your property in Texas ONLY if you percieve a direct threat to yourself or your family. And you better kill them dead or they can charge you with assault...Kind of a catch 22 situation...When you get a concealed handgun permit in Texas they will tell you...If youre going to pull the trigger...make sure you shoot to kill.
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The Law exists, and is there. However there are some little minor glitches here.\n1) Why do you have a gun?\n2)Why did you not attempt to walk away and call the Police/\n   (taking the Law in to your own hands...)\n3) you must be able to prove beyond reasonable "doubt" that    you  were in a situation of self defense, and you had no other recourse.\nMost likely you will go to prison, unless you can prove with witnesses.............
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Yes it is illegal but angry people with guns don't usually care about the law. I have been in your shoes and the man is in jail for now. In Vermont we have UMBRELLA which helps women like us find a safe place and other things that they need. They even went to court with me to keep him from trying to hurt me. Look in the yellow pages where you are for battered womens help or Legal Aid. Be careful and please stay safe. There is help out there please look into it. Thank you
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suurrrre.\nok, enough of my assholeness. all i know is that supposedly it's legal in some counties in Nevada, but i'm not sure.
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The fact of the matter is that you were on private property and you had no right to refuse to leave. They can have whatever silly policies they want and they do not need to post them, so long as you are on their property you need to abide by their rules.\n\nI do believe that we can all agree that this is a stupid policy and I do hope that you'll decide to take your business elsewhere in the future.\n\nAlso, they had no right to use force again you(the employee who shoved you). You may only use force against someone else to defend yourself, another person or your home.
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Wait a minute.  You saw this happen on the news, and now you're wondering if...what you saw really happened?\n\nAnyway, slagathor's got it pretty well down (couple of posts above mine), but it really depends on what state you're in, and exactly what a person says.  In California, just saying you're going to hurt someone probably does not qualify as a threat because this state requires you to threaten someone with death or great bodily injury...and punching me in the shoulder probably would hurt, but would not be considered great bodily injury.\n\nHere's the law slagathor was talking about, just so you can see how California addresses these kinds of things:\n\n422.  Any person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement, made verbally, in writing, or by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is  ade, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened, a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby  causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for his or her immediate family's safety, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by imprisonment in the state prison.
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The best defense is your mind.  Stay out of situations where the temper would escalate to violence.  If you use words and your brain, you can get out of almost any bad situation without coming to blows.  \n\nIf you absolutely *have* to defend yourself from imminent physical assault, remember that the law favors even-handed responses, meaning don't defend yourself with a deadly weapon unless you're threatened with one.
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If you're talking about running away from home, it's not illegal in California.\n\nIf that's not what you're talking about, or if you're in some other state, you need to tell people what you're talking about or where you are.
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No-Knock only applies under certain circumstances (cops likely to encounter gunfire, possibility loss of evidence: drugs flushed down the toliet, ect.) \n\nHowever no-knock does not mean no-announce. The police should always announce that it is the "police" ect. when coming through your front door even when a no-knock warrant applies.\n\nFurther, technically it would not be self defense to shoot someone coming into your home until they make it all the way inside and present themself with a weapon likely cause you serious injury or death.
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Ian Fleming wrote the James Bond book. Gun laws vary a lot! Vermont has the best carry laws. Sales are governed by FEDERAL law.
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I beleive that once you have commited a heinous crime against another human being, not petty thfts, but say theft with an agrivated assault thrown in, that you automatically lose all rights as being treated like a human being. You shoot a criminal in your house after he or she has just brutalized your family, and now he can sue you for assault ? Screw that, I will shoot him dead and let him try to sue me for that ?\n\nBefore someone tries to say that me killing a criminal in my own house is just as wrong, I will tell you that defending your family and property to an uninvited guest is NOT criminal, and would most likely be considered justifiable homicide.
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Does not matter even if it is not a friend, the laws surrounding the act of 'SELF DEFENCE' govern this.\n\nIf you see somebody being attacked, threatened, robbed, you are allowed to use 'reasonable force' in order to stop that attack - this is classified as SELF DEFENCE - even if you do not know the person that you are defending.  \n\nThe big question is what can be construed as REASONABLE FORCE, for example, if you see somebody being beaten up by somebody else, pull out your gun and shoot them, that is nor reasonable.  However if you try to stop the person from beating up the other person, and in doing this the person that you have stopped is injured or dies, this can be accounted as REASONABLE FORCE - but helps to have a good lawyer to!