Re: Detainign a BUrglar Legality?

On 2008-02-06, Paul Ciszek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> In article <U07qj.91721$L%6.42110@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Invisible Lurker <ansaman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>mdginzo said:
>>> If I catch a burglar in my home is it legal for me to detain him? Can
>>> I handcuff him and hold him until the cops get there?  I am not saying
>>> this is a smart idea, just wondering if it is legal?
>>
>>If you can subdue him enough to handcuff him,
>>you can just kill his ass and prevent him from
>>suing you. When the cops come, make sure
>>your eyes are filled with tears. Tell them that
>>you didn't want to kill him, but you were so
>>frightened.
>
> You are supposed to keep a weapon (doesn't have to be a gun) without
> any fingerprints on it in a ziplock baggie; after you shoot an intruder,
> you curl his dead fingers around it and squeeze hard.
>

And, if it *is* a gun, fire it at a wall when it's in his hand (while he's
propped up so the angle is right), otherwise no gun shot residue.  And be
careful about moving the body afterwards, because the blood pools.  Boy,
do I
watch too much Law and Order, or what?

-- 
Justin Hiltscher