The laws are tilted leftward for some reason and have been for along time.Most states say that in order to defend yourself with deadly force you have to try to get away even if they have a gun, you must try to get away first, yes shot in the back before you can shoot to defend yourself and saddly it is in southern states too.

I knew a man that was awakened out of his sleep got up to see what it was and somebody had broke into his truck and was backing out of his driveway, steeling his truck, he shot through the window killing the guy and was sent to prison for defending his property.

And yes, Colorado is not a Castle Law state.
So no, you probably do not have the right to defend yourself or your property with out risking prosecution.
Sad to say about a western state, but Colorado has a heavy democrat power base.

And point of fact, no person should expect to get away with theft of property with out the owner protecting it any means they have.
And for an 82 year old man?
Damn right he has the right to shoot the scavengers dead. Is he supposed to let them pick him clean?
Libtards need not answer. We already know your moronic logic which carries over into economics. You would argue that those poor undocumented workers earned the right to steal from the elderly due to their hardship and its just a case of one man who had "more than enough."

Denver and Boulder have high Democrat concentrations, but CO as a whole is more conservative. We're close to a 50/50 state and swing in presidential elections.

Also, while we may not be a full Castle Law state, we still have Make My Day and it's even been expanded to cover your business -still working on car...

Thought they only did this kind of thing in England.

I am going to refrain from any commentary at this point. The news accounts are often inaccurate on this sort of thing until the facts are fully out. Sometimes the criminals are not charged for weeks until all investigations are thoroughly finished. It just sounds to me that there's more to the story than what is being reported.

Maybe, so, but the DA sure seems to be in a rush to present charges against the homeowner.

Have an Evil day

Becaus he shot someone in the frikin face. crazy ass psychos here! What would jesus do.

Funny how leftists only care what Jesus would do when it involves something they think conservatives disagree with. When Jesus says sex only in marriage, no homosexual activity, and obey Him as the only way to salvation, the left suddenly walks away.

Jesus would have shot him in the face, dumbass.

What do you think would happen if you tried to make a victim out of Jesus?
The Jews lost their home and country for nearly two thousand years and were persecuted endlessly over it.

Because they robbed him and tried to run him down. He should get a medal. Bleedin'heart, thug lovin' liberals here.

Have an Evil day

Contrary to popular belief the Judeo-Christian God is not a pacifist.

In Luke: 35-37 Jesus teaches his disciples that approximately one in ten to one in five should be armed and ready to defend against aggressors.
Luke: 35. Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?"
"Nothing," they answered.
36. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
38. The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords."
"That is enough," he replied.

And in Joel chapter 3 when the City-states of Judah and Jerusalem were faced with an aggressor bent on their destruction.

9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors!
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.

10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say,
"I am strong!"

11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble there.
Bring down your warriors, O LORD!

I got locked up for 3 months for battery in a redneck hyper Repub town for defending my home, on my porch against racist pigs who came after me. I was locked up because "I didnt make enough effort to call the authorities before confronting the assailants". Its not a Liberal thing , it a police state thing WHICH IS PURE Rs THESE DAYS. Fascist repubs.

BS

How convenient for you that you could find the person/persons to blame for your 90 days in the county lock-up. And think of it - what a coincidence it's also the people you seem to have a serious bug up your tushie about.

Now that's what I call luck.

OK, I'm being sarcastic, but why not? As many have pointed out, your story is pure fabrication with a hint of alarmism and a dash of paranoid stereotyping thrown in for good measure.

Go away.

Annienonomous: I call bullshit on your entire story.

Fascism was and is a leftist ideology.

Have an Evil day

And what did you do that caused them to "come after you" in the first place???

Being a "redneck hyper Repub" myself, I know that there are two sides to every story and you have conveniently omitted what you did to instigate them.

I also know that we "redneck hyper Repubs" don't "go after" anyone without proper justification... we don't really care what others do, as long as it doesn't affect our families, homes, friends, communities or property.

Assuming that he provoked them is indeed the height of folly. Like it or not (not, for most of us) on our side, ideologically speaking, there are those who still keep the flames of racism alive and well. This would also account for the unjust time spent in jail. The story does make sense.

I don't know if it's true, it's awful convenient if it is, but to say that it's impossible, or to immediately try to shift the blame onto him, is a rather defensive position in the first place.

Finally, even if he provoked them. (If) for whatever reason, short of shooting, rape, etc... they didn't have the right to "come after him"-- especially on his own property. (assuming we are hearing the truth. I too would hear more of this before judgment is made)

His story is bunk start to finish.

I am not a liar. My story is not bunk. I didnt accuse anyone here of being a liar or racist like those who I beat down. I was simply trying to say that Police Statism isnt liberal, and its rightwing more often than not. Look at the patriot act, and think of how it can be abused while still following the letter of the law. Look up the laws in your area. Defending your home only goes so far, which doesnt include shooting someone in the face. In my case "defending myself" didnt include breaking bones of the assailants, at least until after I called the cops. I didnt know that till I was in custody. But whatever. Next time Ill make a call then go off. Yes I am a brown person, and being called spic and beaner is the best thing in the world. Especially from strangers. And by the way look up fascist in the dictionary. Its closer to Neocon type ideology than a flaming liberal type.

I see you still have not said what you did that caused them to "come after you" in the first place...

It is extremely rare for a 'redneck' to attack anybody without cause, regardless of race. Did you run your mouth & call them "rednecks" prompting them to call you a "spic" in return???

Maybe you need to lose the chip on your shoulder & adjust your attitude. You reap what you sow...

I also call BS on your story as it doesn't ring true.

Good for you, twit! In a twist which surprises absolutely no one, you made this whole thing about perceived 'racial' differences. How enlightened of you. It was really, really clever how you projected your racist views of the world onto the rest of us by thinking that any of us care one whit what nationality or ethic group you represent. I've never seen that done so artfully! Yep, there I go being all sarcastic again.

Though I'm a bit disappointed that you weren't able to work in some of the other standard libbie whinges like climate change, the war and Bush. Maybe you'll do better next time, huh, dinkums? I think you're new at this.

Anyway, I'll take you up on that 'looking up fascism in the dictionary' meme since you brought it up. Are you ready for the definitions?

fas·cism
   /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ [fash-iz-uhm] –noun

1. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

2.( sometimes initial capital letter ) the philosophy, principles, or methods of fascism.

3.( initial capital letter ) a fascist movement, esp. the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.

Well, what do you know? Your version of 'fascism' was coloured by your own biases. Imagine my surprise. You see, in your zeal to continue your anti-conservative rant, you've blinded yourself to the fact that the heart of fascism isn't about right v. left - though libbies often try to make it about that - it's really about authority v freedom; it describes a style, process and method of totalitarian governance.

And you know what? Most people who're personally affected by fascism don't really care whether it's right-wing fascism or left-wing fascism that's oppressing them. That's a distinction which rarely makes a whit of difference to them. Being oppressed, imprisoned and bullied by a right-wing fascist is not quantitatively or qualitatively different than being oppressed, imprisoned and bullied by a left-wing fascist, is it now?

If you were really knowledgeable about the analysis of political ideologies, I suspect that you'd recognise that a)there are more dimensions to the analysis than just right v left, (though you libbie types are so fond of reducing all arguments to just that) and b)that ultimately, at the extremes, there is little functional/practical difference between right-wing totalitarianism and left-wing totalitarianism. The continuum of political ideologies is really more of circle than a straight line with two ending points. Beyond a certain level of government control, the construct of right and left loses all meaning, because the major feature of that government is power and authority relative to the individual citizen, and not political leaning.

Now run along and go play with the rest of the disaffected youths in your town and leave the adults alone to carry on our discussion.

The laws in my state protect me as far as I want as long as I am protecting what is mine or someone elses.
Yes, if I see my neighbor being victimized I get to defend him too.

Heh. Listen to this kid. He's going on and on about "those racists I beat down". Talk about an internet tough-guy.

Look at the patriot act

Would that be the same Patriot Act that was passed with wide margins of support from both parties?

Look up the laws in your area. Defending your home only goes so far, which doesnt include shooting someone in the face.

Why does the placement of the shot matter? Would it be okay if he had shot them in the chest instead?

The police aren't to blame here, you arrest someone if they shoot someone, that's the law. Cops just did their job. However, not pressing charges against the criminals and doing so against the guy defending himself was done by the state not the cops.

That's how it works, cops don't build cases, they gather evidence and catch bad guys. Prosecutors and attorneys handle the cases.

If your story was true you'd probably know that.

Hard to defend cops these days. This story is getting to be kind of typical as far as police behavior goes.
I have seen cops let assailants walk on a few occasions after assaulting someone.
They could argue that they knew where to find the person...
But when that person is a risk to the public, and the job of a cop is supposed to protect the public?
Lately it seems all they are interested in is generating revenue for their own paychecks.
And I am speaking in general terms, I still know a few good law enforcement officers.

Which side favors disarming the populace again?

The same side that is using Adolf Hitler's policies.

Especially minorities. That's where modern gun control movement got its whole start, the Klan trying to disarm blacks.

I don't know the laws in CO well enough to know whether Mr. Wallace violated them. But I do understand common sense pretty well, and his prosecution and the simultaneous lack of prosecution of the thieves sends out a pretty clear message to people. Don't defend your home or your life.

If Mr. Wallace did indeed overreact and in so doing, legitimately violated the law, then so be it. But this has all the earmarks of an overzealous prosecutor who throws the book at a defendant in order to pressure him into pleading to a lesser crime. I suspect that he's not prosecuting the thieves in return for their testimony against the homeowner.

I hope the voters of the county oust him from his position at the next opportunity since he's not working for the people who pay his salary to enforce the laws with equanimity.

Not sure whether this would apply as Mr. Wallace was outside his home, but as the crime was committed on his property and he was defending his property, I think a case could be made in his favor and possibly even a challenge of the statute to include defense of property on property, but not within the house.

TITLE 18 CRIMINAL CODE : ARTICLE 1 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OFFENSES GENERALLY

18-1-704.5 Use of deadly physical force against an intruder.
Statute text

(1) The general assembly hereby recognizes that the citizens of Colorado have a right to expect absolute safety within their own homes.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 18-1-704, any occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when that other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that such other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the uninvited entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the uninvited entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that such other person might use any physical force, no matter how slight, against any occupant.

The next opportunity should include tar, feathers and a test flight off Pikes Peak.

Hey BD, no sense in messing up the majestic wilderness around Pikes Peak with trash like this. I'd suggest the city dump for his carcass.

But remember kids: the *ONLY* reason anyone has a problem with *illegal* immigration is because they are racists.

Come to think on it, and I have found most of the illegals I've ever met to be rather racist people.

Impossible! Racist = white. All illegals are brown (which again is the only reason white/racists have a problem with it).

No really, there are people who believe this stuff.

I really am thankful for Texas' castle doctrine. The right to use deadly force for the protection of property. If this man lived in Texas he would be immune to prosecution, and civil liability.

Thanks to our idiot Governor the illegals still wouldn't be in jail though.

Why would they even go to jail? What are you, a bad shot or something? ;)

Any prosecution for using a firearm in self-defense should be based around having bad aim.

"You dingbat! You only wounded him, now the state is on the hook for his medical bills. I sentence you to 100 hours at the gun-range to ensure this never happens again!".

Don't forget, law abiding taxpayers and insurance holders also paid for this guy's trip to the Emergency Room.

I can't wait to see a liberal defense of this. Of couse, such a defense should include their address so they can "spread their own wealth."