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Protecting their castles.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
In the month of July, Jackson, Mississippi, saw two homeowners who shot burglars saved from potential charges by the so-called "castle doctrine," which allows someone to use deadly force to protect his property. In the most recent case, on July 17, a tenant of a south Jackson apartment left his residence to go to the store. According to the Clarion Ledger, "As he walked to his car, he saw three men sitting inside a parked Oldsmobile." While the tenant was away, his neighbors heard suspicious noises and called the tenant's girlfriend, who then alerted him.
When the tenant got home, he noticed that the three men were no longer in their vehicle and that his front door had been kicked in. "The resident," reported WLBT Channel 3, "then approached his home and yelled for anyone inside to come out." The three burglars tried to flee out a patio door, and the man opened fire, hitting one of the burglars in the arm and neck, but not stopping his flight.
The police, who were already in the immediate vicinity working a sting operation to ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Protecting their castles.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)