LOERetired
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I have a friend who lives in Sun-Prairie Wisconsin and recently told me of a near altercation he had involving his firearm. He came home from work early a few days ago due to an appointment with his insurance person and noticed a white vehicle parked in front of his house with three teen age kids inside. As he pulled in his driveway the vehicle took off.
His wife and Daughter were in the house already when he pulled up and they apparently had the garage door open during the afternoon. He went into the house and told his wife about the vehicle and as they watched outside the window the vehicle drove by again slowly and drove off.
A few minutes later he noticed the vehicle sitting in front of the neighbors house next to his and he went into the garage to get his firearm out of his vehicle. The garage door was still open and as he secured his firearm, one of the guy teenagers appeared from behind his vehicle he had parked in the driveway heading into the garage where my friend was standing.
Hiding the firearm behind his back my friend yelled at the teenager as he came up the driveway “can I help you” and as he yelled the teenager turned around and ran back to the vehicle, got in and took off. As the vehicle drove off my friend ran to the end of the driveway and again yelled “can I help you” and as they drive by they yelled were looking for an address which I seriously doubt what there intentions, they were no doubt casing the place.
He did not shoot at the teenager because the teenager was unarmed and no threat because my friend is 6' 5” and built and wasn't threatened by the scroungy teenager, he was concerned about his wife and daughter if he didn't come home early that day.
We discussed what would have happened if he had shot the intruder in the driveway had he been armed and if the castle doctrine covers all the property not just inside the house. We discussed what you would say to the police and my advice was to request an attorney be present during any and all questioning and if you were not going to cooperate be prepared to be detained and arrested.
We also discussed if the occupants of the car would have begun shooting from the car at my friend and he returned fire while the vehicle was on the street what would cover his actions which we are not quite sure if it would be the castle doctrine or any of the other Wisconsin Statutes listed.
I wonder how I would have reacted, how would you have handled this situation?
I sent him a copy of the below URL
http://www.armedcitizensnetwork.org/images/stories/Hayes-SDLaw.pdf
His wife and Daughter were in the house already when he pulled up and they apparently had the garage door open during the afternoon. He went into the house and told his wife about the vehicle and as they watched outside the window the vehicle drove by again slowly and drove off.
A few minutes later he noticed the vehicle sitting in front of the neighbors house next to his and he went into the garage to get his firearm out of his vehicle. The garage door was still open and as he secured his firearm, one of the guy teenagers appeared from behind his vehicle he had parked in the driveway heading into the garage where my friend was standing.
Hiding the firearm behind his back my friend yelled at the teenager as he came up the driveway “can I help you” and as he yelled the teenager turned around and ran back to the vehicle, got in and took off. As the vehicle drove off my friend ran to the end of the driveway and again yelled “can I help you” and as they drive by they yelled were looking for an address which I seriously doubt what there intentions, they were no doubt casing the place.
He did not shoot at the teenager because the teenager was unarmed and no threat because my friend is 6' 5” and built and wasn't threatened by the scroungy teenager, he was concerned about his wife and daughter if he didn't come home early that day.
We discussed what would have happened if he had shot the intruder in the driveway had he been armed and if the castle doctrine covers all the property not just inside the house. We discussed what you would say to the police and my advice was to request an attorney be present during any and all questioning and if you were not going to cooperate be prepared to be detained and arrested.
We also discussed if the occupants of the car would have begun shooting from the car at my friend and he returned fire while the vehicle was on the street what would cover his actions which we are not quite sure if it would be the castle doctrine or any of the other Wisconsin Statutes listed.
I wonder how I would have reacted, how would you have handled this situation?
I sent him a copy of the below URL
http://www.armedcitizensnetwork.org/images/stories/Hayes-SDLaw.pdf
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