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Castle Law?

When someone breaks into your home, they have just relinquished all of their civil rights.

At that point you not only have the right to defend yourself and your property, you have the duty to do so.

As Mr Brock points out, now some judge, 8 years down the road, gets to calmly, dispassionately run the facts through a multi-layer filter of right and wrong.

At the moment of the crime, a homeowner does not get to consult a manual, or a lawyer, nor does he have the time to do so. There are mere seconds from understanding what's happening to acting - all through a terrifying experience.

As far as I'm concerned, and the law should be concerned, when someone breaks into your house intending you harm, that person has turned his civil rights over to you.

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