Any Truth to this Rumor?

[Hawkeye6]

Larry:

You get into a very "iffy" area when it comes to preotection of property.

I agree with what you were told about seeing someone steal your car out of your driveway. I think most state laws wopuld be prettysimilar to what you realyed of Ohio's.

When it comes to home invasion, many states have adopted the "castle" rule. Distilled, this means that your home is your castle and you have no duty to retreat. You are justifed in using deadly force to defend your property or your life in your home. In fact, in some states this doctirne owuld extend to your car, place of business, occupied automobile, etc. You might not be justifeid in using deadly force out on the street if you could avoid the ocnflict, but the castel doctrine says that you may in your home. Sounds like tha tis not the case in Ohio.

Of course, if the thief had a weapon on his person or threatened you with, say, a knife or baseball bat that was found on or near his cold, dead fingers when the police arrived to write up a report... I suspect it would be you that sets the parameters of what the police would put in their report. Of course, I am not saying that you would do anything to violate any law.

H.