Jake said on February 13, 2012  

I have visions of every yahoo who has his fight with his neighbor spill into his house or who gets into a fight with his cousin in the kitchen claiming he has the right to use deadly force because "He was trespassing in my house."

Well, your visions remind me of the predictions of the wild, wild, west breaking out in Florida when they changed some of their carry laws.

As it currently stands don't police already dread going to calls involving disputes between family members, as those often turn from relatives fighting each other to relatives fighting off the cops?

Oh and a "yahoo who has his fight with his neighbor spill into his house" pretty clearly been trying to retreat or flee. Of course maybe they are going to get a weapon, but if you're in a fight with the suspected axe murderer of Pitcairn County and they get in their house, or start heading for it, one should run like hell and call the cops, not chase them in. ;-)

I agree with the rest of course. It does seem poorly written as a part of a total body of law

But count me among those who support the castle doctrine.

 Ken Lammers said on February 15, 2012  

Of course, police are wary of domestics. They are among the most dangerous things an officer can be called to. However, I am not predicting an outbreak of the wild, wild west. As I stated, I don't think there will be much change; people who commit homicides in their homes already try to claim justification.

In those cases where "flight" is occurring, sucker punching someone on the front porch and running inside to try to slam the door in the face of the hitee seems to be a popular sport (and one I'm not too fond of).

 Jake said on February 15, 2012  

"However, I am not predicting an outbreak of the wild, wild west"

I didn't say, or mean to say, you're predicting such an outbreak, if it came across that way I apologize and clarify. Your visions remind me of the visions of others not in outcome, but in likelihood. What they predicted did not come to pass.

"As I stated, I don't think there will be much change; people who commit homicides in their homes already try to claim justification."
Perhaps the misunderstanding was two-way. Visions, to me, implies a prediction of something coming to pass which is not already occurring.

 Anonymous said on February 17, 2012  

White Castle fries only come in one size.