Originally posted by dadudemon
Well...under this law, as it applies to Oklahoma (and Texas), you can literally use deadly force IMMEDIATELY without question as soon as someone breaks into your home or property.Instant.
This is also why many farmers have posted on their property, "trespassers will be shot" in Oklahoma. Many times, on these larger farms where cattle is tended, people will steal the cattle. So for a very long time, to literally combat these burglars, they shoot on sight. Burglarizing cattle still happens.
Anyway, that is part of why these laws exist. Also...culture is a little bit different here.
Look at this county by county voting map representation of the 2016 election to get an idea:
Anyway, yeah...
I do like these laws but I do not like the idea of people killing each other. I really do not want to see that or read about it. I don't want humans killing each other. I don't want people stealing stuff or harming them, as well. As others have put it, given a choice between being robbed and a robber dying, I'd choose the robber dying. I even mean on the streets. If you try to rob someone on the street, you should understand that your life is forfeit if you try to rob the wrong person who is prepared to kill you.
So you can attack in an instant. Well, all it takes is a split second for someone to pull the trigger and kill you.
Still not seeing why criminals busting into a house deserve the benefit of the doubt.