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> Without the warrant, they have every right to shoot a strange person walking through their property without permission. Shooting the postman is illegal.
by MaxBarraclough 7y ago
> Without the warrant, they have every right to shoot a strange person walking through their property without permission.
Shooting the postman is illegal.
- aspaceman 7y agoThen in the 1700s you identified yourself as the postman so you didn't get shot. I imagine a uniform and some familiarity had a lot to do with it. For god's sake I'm not saying this is good, or this is how I want the world to work. I sure as hell don't and I'm not some conspiratorial militiaman. Historically, i.e. in early America. There were no pigs, so you defended your own property. Typically with a gun. Warrants partly exist to stop someone from doing that, which is what the parent comment is all about.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoGenerally speaking you never had the right to shoot people walking on your property in America. You could tell them to get lost. Home invasion is a different matter.