> Are you sure? You're the lawyer, but I'm unaware of anywhere in the US
> that allows the use of deadly force in the protection of property; most
> places allow that breaking into your house, whether the perp knows
> you're home or not, is "good enough" to warrant a threat to your
> person ... but that's totally different from what you're claiming.
>
> If you shoot someone who is taking your stuff, chances are good that
> you're going to jail.
See PA Statutes in Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses), Chapter 5, 507(a)1:
The use of force upon or toward the person of another is justifiable when the actor believes that such force is immediately necessary:
1. to prevent or terminate an unlawful entry or other trespass upon land or a trespass against or the unlawful carrying away of tangible movable property, if such land or movable property is, or is believed by the actor to be, in his possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection he acts
The remainder of the jutifiable use of deadly force in PA statues are viewable here:
http://members.aol.com/StatutesP1/18.Cp.5.html
Matt
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