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In reply to the discussion: Already, another Trayvon Martin incident has just happened [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)People tend to forget that Castle Doctrine states tend to offer even MORE protections for shooters in their homes than SYG states offer shooters ANYWHERE.
Louisiana's Castle Doctrine states that homeowners have the right to actively prevent felonies from occurring on their property, and authorizes homeowners to shoot criminals if they believe that there would be "a serious danger to his own life or person if he attempted to prevent the felony without the killing".
In other words, Louisiana's law can be summed up as: "If a felony is happening on your property, and you think that the guy committing it might kick your ass if you try and stop him, you can just kill him. Your life doesn't need to actually be in danger, you just need to have a reasonable fear of being hurt if you physically intervene to stop the crime."
Under the terms of the Louisiana law, the only real question here is whether the dead boy was committing any crimes that rose to the level of a felony. Someone stealing your car stereo isn't a felony.