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I call it, "being civil," Alan.
Freedoms come with responsibilites.
Maybe that's why we are losing them at an alarming rate.
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Mac is the Voice of Reason in this discussion. And absolutely right.
There is only defense when there is an offending force. When the threat is gone you cannot continue the violence and still call it defense. You can however hold the (formal) offender until the law enforcement arrives to take over. Although it might seem like a good idea to beat or shoot the crap out of the bad guy, it is not the place of an civilian to be judge, jury and executioner.
And I feel the same as Swanman does when some stranger enters my house uninvited: That person is the enemy and a direct thread. He will be forced down and tie-wrapped asap.
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Does this mean I should contemplate locking my doors? I'd never find the keys. An insurance friend of mine convinced me last year to not put my keys for the car under the seat.
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An insurance friend of mine convinced me last year to not put my keys for the car under the seat.
And darned right he is! Your car will not start if you put your keys there 
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Not sure about over there, but over here its important that the body is back in the house .. means a lot to the law..
See when the intruder is in your house he is a threat
After chasing him down the street ; not so much of a threat. The victim became the attacker at that point
..I do understand your feelings though
Common myth about the body being inside your house. You can use deadly force to defend your life or others, no matter your location. Some states insist you must have no means of escape. True, chasing him down the street probably won't fly here either.
Like the man said, "ain't that a kick in the head!"
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Unfortunately Danny, you would have plenty of time to do in depth bible study in jail.
A bad incident happened to a neighbor who lived right across the street from me in Hermosa Beach, California about 15 years ago. I heard a loud boom and shortly there were police all over the place. The residence is a big 2 story condo with a short driveway leading to the garage. Two armed guys broke in, tied up the wife, threatened them with a guns, took some stuff and while one of them went down to the driveway and sat in his Porsche, the other one was still inside but got separated from the husband. Somehow he went upstairs, got a shotgun he kept in a closet, went out on the balcony and shot the guy in the car through the windshield killing him and the other one ran away and was captured later. Being this is in very liberal California, there was a huge hue and cry about was this murder, self defense or what. It was all you heard on the radio for months. Finally, no charges were filed because the homeowner was still threatened by the other armed guy still in the house and the car was still in his driveway and the one in the car could come back in any time looking for his buddy. As I remember all the legal analysis, that was the key, there was still one armed perp in the house and the one in the car had his gun on him and could have come back in so it's justified self defense even in California. I remember all the bleeding heart types talking about the one in the car could have been trying to get away but he was in the passenger side, not the drivers.
That kind of talk is easy Danny, it's a very difficult position to be put in for sure, but you don't want to spend 20 to life in a nice comfy prison with these kinds of guys as roommates. I'm sure they would love to have some fun with a self styled vigilante. Not to mention, once the threat is gone or at least diminished then it is wrong, you're turning yourself into The Punisher.
Bob
But in the final verdict, seems the California court wasn't so "bleeding heart" after all.
Like the man said, "ain't that a kick in the head!"
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It never went to court, he was not charged in the first place. I recall the DA's office was making noises that they really wanted to charge him but most legal commentators felt they would have a very hard time getting a jury to convict. The bleeding hearts were a collection of law professors, attorneys and others that were on all the talk shows, they really felt that the guy went over the line by shooting the one in the car from his balcony. I was leaning that way too until it came out that the second guy was still in the house with a gun at that point in time. That's a scary situation for a homeowner, no doubt about it. If the husband left the one in the car and went downstairs to confront the other one, now he's lost sight of the first one and has no idea where he is or what he's doing. I think he made the right decision by eliminating the threat he could see, then go and find the other one who wisely decided to flee the scene.
Now, lets say there was only one guy and he left the house and on the way out decided to check out the car. At that point, the homeowner is in a superior position with a shotgun on the balcony. He can just watch and see if the guy gets out of the car and takes off or looks like he's coming back into the house. If he heads to the street he has to let him go, if the homeowner shoots him anyway, that's a felony. If he made a move towards the house, he could let a blast go in the bushes and tell him to take off or the next one is his head. He would take off I think. The problem with killing him there in the driveway is proving in court he was coming back into the house.
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It never went to court, he was not charged in the first place. I recall the DA's office was making noises that they really wanted to charge him but most legal commentators felt they would have a very hard time getting a jury to convict. The bleeding hearts were a collection of law professors, attorneys and others that were on all the talk shows, they really felt that the guy went over the line by shooting the one in the car from his balcony. I was leaning that way too until it came out that the second guy was still in the house with a gun at that point in time. That's a scary situation for a homeowner, no doubt about it. If the husband left the one in the car and went downstairs to confront the other one, now he's lost sight of the first one and has no idea where he is or what he's doing. I think he made the right decision by eliminating the threat he could see, then go and find the other one who wisely decided to flee the scene.
Now, lets say there was only one guy and he left the house and on the way out decided to check out the car. At that point, the homeowner is in a superior position with a shotgun on the balcony. He can just watch and see if the guy gets out of the car and takes off or looks like he's coming back into the house. If he heads to the street he has to let him go, if the homeowner shoots him anyway, that's a felony. If he made a move towards the house, he could let a blast go in the bushes and tell him to take off or the next one is his head. He would take off I think. The problem with killing him there in the driveway is proving in court he was coming back into the house.
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I wouldn't stop firing until I was SURE everyone was safe.
Like the man said, "ain't that a kick in the head!"
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Next to the Doberman.
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I kinda like the Texas law. Maybe you'll recall about 2 years there was 911 recording where a neighbor called and said there was someone breaking into his neighbors house and asked for the police.
He stayed on the phone the whole time and 20 minutes later the police still aren't there. He finally told the 911 operator that the thief was climbing out the back window with bags of stuff and that if the police didn't show up immediately, that he was going to shoot him.
The police didn't show up. The guy didn't hang up the phone. He just told the 911 operator that he was going to shoot the thief. He laid the phone down, (didn't hang up), and you heard a big boom in the the background. He came back on the phone, told the 911 operator that he had just killed the thief in his NEIGHBORS yard.
Turns out the thief was wanted for rape, murder, assault and burglary.
He was never charged. Deemed it a "righteous shooting".
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Alan,
I agree with Swanman.
Your anti USA beliefs are shining through. Some of the reasons our forefathers fought and died were for the right to bear arms and to use deadly force to protect our families and property.
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Alan,
Now's the time for you to make some kind of "cowboy" or "redneck" comment.
"Cowboys" and "rednecks" are part of what makes this country GREAT! Along with all of the other etnicites we have. Including Scottish.
LOL.
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I do understand the premise of "proportionality". I mean, if i were to see some teenage kid running out of my garage with one of my stereo speakers, I'm not gonna hunt him down and shoot him. I'd report the theft and hope the kid gets caught. And , knowing me, I wouldnt press charges as long as i got the speaker back.
Unfortunately, those of us who were born here have grown up in a country that has been violent since it's inception. Because we have so many violent criminals roaming the streets, it stands to reason that the response is going to be similar for the sake of simple survival. I would agree in most instances, the doling out of punishment should be left to the authorities. But sometimes, circumstances come up that you have to make those brutal life and death decisions...for yourself and the bad guy.
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Taking the law into your own hands? If that's the case, where was the so-called law when the family was being attacked? Why was the perp allowed to go free? If he had not broken into those people's home he wouldn't have gotten hurt.
I see this sort of trash going on more and more in the liberal courts these days. Right is wrong and wrong is right, seems to be law now.
In Louisiana, we have the legal right carry a fire arm on our hip. Loaded. We have a shoot to kill law if we are being threatened. Even if someone leaves their car and comes at you then you have the right to tell them to stay put. If they don't then you have the right to shoot them, even if you don't have a witness. You still have to goto court. But these types of cases are usually closed.
If you believe that gun control is good then do you have a gun? If you goto purchase a gun you have to be finger printed and have a background check done on you. If a criminal goes to buy a gun he usually doesn't goto the local gun shop. he buys it off the street blackmarket. Usually stolen weapons. What good does gun control do for this sort of person?
Where do you suppose all this is going when states all over America are suddenly telling its citizens to arm themselves? What do you think they're telling them to arm themselves with? Paintball guns? Why are they telling them to arm themselves? Just for the fun of it? No. These stupid twisted laws that came into being after the 60's messed up everything. Now we're getting more and more central thinking people in office. Take the law into my own hands? Sure ... if there's no police around to protect me.
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Last week, I think it was in Arkansas that a 70 old woman called 911 to report an intruder in her house and she was hiding behind her bed with a rifle speaking to the 911 operator saying how scared she was and can someone please come to her rescue. She was afraid she was going to die, as she heard the intruder comming up the stairs. The 911 tape was played on FOX ( which I usually cant stomach watching) and as you listen to her breathing heavily into the phone, trying to stay quiet, the 911 operator stopped talking too, as she was horrifyingly riveted to what might be about to happen. Just then, the old woman whispers into the phone that the intruder is about to come into the bedroom. ( this is at approx. 1:00 am) Then she whispers, voice shaking, that she doesnt want to kill him..and she starts praying into the phone over and over. Just then, you hear a loud "bang" and intruder dead.
Turns out the guy had been released from prison a couple months previous. He had done 15 years or so of a 25 year sentence for rape and murder.
Sadly, those stories are becomming more and more frequent. Happily, the bad guy got exactly what he deserved.
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And, speaking of FOX, whatever happened to the good ole days when you could actually watch the news and what you got.........was news? I dont have a problem listening to someones political diatribes, ( freinds, bar aquantances, ect.) but it sure would be nice to be able to turn on CNN or FOX or MSNBC and get news as opposed to non stop political gamemenship. (" your guys are A-Holes"....."No, your guys are A-Holes") God love us Independants...."you're all A-Holes!!!" 
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The Inadequacies of your legal system are well known to most I suspect, but that in itself doesn't give anyone carte blanche to sidestep the law as it stands. The way to change it is to campaign for change. That's how the law evolves.
My 'diatribe' as you put it doesnt preclude the use of force and if you read it you would see that i'm not against self defence or even a pre-emptive strike in the case of being held captive and having to witness the extreme violence you mention. In an instance like that it would take a very hard-hearted jury or an extremely cynical and skilfull defence lawyer to successfully argue against mitigating circumstances.
Im only against the kind of indiscriminate use of force that can happen say when an intruder is making his escape having caused no physical harm or the kind of response that says any tresspass on one's property or home, armed or otherwise is grounds for killing someone. Is that so difficult a concept to take on board?
That's not pious equivocation, its called making a valid distinction
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Nahhh! That's not making a valid distinction. That's just letting a thief get away. I say if he steals from you then you have the right to take him out. Oh give him/her a chance to halt and put the stuff down, then leave. But to just let a person steal your stuff? That's just plain idiodic to me. First of all, if a person broke into your house, that means he/she most likely broke a window or kicked the door in. That means he damaged your property. I'm one of those who believes in God's law. Read Deuteronomy 19.
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He came back on the phone, told the 911 operator that he had just killed the thief in his NEIGHBORS yard.
Turns out the thief was wanted for rape, murder, assault and burglary.
Not quite, Bob. I know this is a simple music forum but lets quote the actual story, I followed this one closely too. You have it essentially right but here's the Wiki article about this: Wikipedia Note there were two guys, they were both illegals, they both had rap sheets and one had been deported but no rape or murder. Still, bad guys for sure. They did cross over onto Horn's property, he was watching them through his window or screen door and when he saw them come into his front yard, that's when he went out and shot them. I heard the 911 tape myself and the transcript presented in the Wiki sounds right to me. There is a "use deadly force to protect property law" in Texas as opposed to most states where deadly force is only allowed to protect life, not property. I thought this case was excessive and he should have been charged but that didn't happen. Horn has a large yard and he was watching them from inside his house with a shotgun. If they had turned and walked towards his house, different story but to go outside and shoot two people in the back who's only crime against him personally is trespassing? That's murder in my opinion. After he went outside, then the guys acted in a way that Horn felt in danger but he's the one who went outside and started the confrontation in the first place against the express opinion of the 911 operator. Common sense would tell anyone to stay inside but carefully watch those two.
I'm not afraid to shoot someone in self defense and certainly if they're in my house but this would be too much for my conscience. Even if I lived in Texas I couldn't do that but that's me.
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Top story in our internet version of a newspaper is the DC cop who pulled his gun on kids having a snowball fight. Lots of kids. I'd have to start re-thinking my snow fort building skills if some one was going for a gun. Kevlar. He felt threatened. Kids in snow suits would be some easy shooting.
We were brought up that the only moving thing we could pitch snow balls at was the buses. And never the delivery horses, my bother threw a nice piece of horse## at the milkwagon horse when he was 5 and got a red backside. I still say that was a step up from eating it which he did for about a year....We kept the best pieces to use a hockey pucks.
Oh and the guys on other side of the pond might know this, but the cops in the US all have guns, not just staff sargents who keep it in the boot in a case with a lock. I think the even take the thing home, which is illegal here.
I am going to carry a gun (22 rifle) on Thursday night as we are having xmas eve and a few days in the cabin. No one will be within 20 miles or so, and there are lots of wolves. The rest of the family get long sharpened sticks, about 8 feet long. Leave here at noon so it will be dark when we get there around midnight. Should be able to shoot some partridge for lunch too. But no cell phone service, no power, no tv, and no fox news. (not that I watch it, we know they are organizing an invasion though).
Cultural differences....they do exist eh?
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Our new jazz, funk & blues RealTracks include a groovin’ collection of RealTracks and RealDrums! These include more requested “soul jazz” RealTracks featuring artists Neil Swainson (bass), Charles Treadway (organ), Brent Mason (guitar), and Wes Little (drums). There are new “smooth jazz” styles (4), which include a RealTracks first: muted trumpet, as well as slick new smooth jazz brushes options for drums. Blues lovers will be thrilled—there are more “classic acoustic blues” styles, including guitar (5), bass (4), and drums (10) with blues master Colin Linden, featuring understated and tasty background acoustic soloing, plus brushes drums and acoustic bass. There are also new electric blues RealTracks, including electric blues with PG favorite Johnny Hiland (3) and soulful electric slide guitar from Colin Linden (4). If you love funk & gospel, there are great new options this year, including gospel organ (3) from Charles Treadway, as well as new funk, tango, and rock ’n’ roll drums (3) and bass (1). And for big, bold arrangements, we have uptempo soul horns (4) featuring a three-part hip horn section with options for a full mix or stems of each individual horn — plus an accompanying rhythm section (4) of drums, bass, guitar, and electric piano!
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Our new rock & pop RealTracks bring a powerful mix of requested favorites, fresh genres, and modern chart-inspired styles! We have more of our popular “Producer Layered Acoustic Guitars (15)” featuring Band-in-a-Box favorite Brent Mason. We’ve continued our much-requested disco styles (10), and added new Celtic guitar (5) with a more basic, accessible approach than our previous Drop-D or DADGAD offerings. There are also highly requested yacht rock styles (17), inspired by the smooth, polished soft-rock sound of the late ’70s and early ’80s — laid-back grooves, silky electric pianos, warm textures, elegant harmonic movement, and pristine production aesthetics. Fans of heavier styles will love our new glam metal (13), capturing the flashy, high-energy sound of ’80s arena-ready guitar rock. We also have a set of rootsy modern-folk rock (18), with a warm, organic sound combining contemporary folk textures and driving acoustic strumming. And we’ve added lots of new modern pop styles (16) — the kinds of sounds you’re hearing on the radio today, featuring exciting new drums, synths, and cutting-edge RealTracks arrangements.
Country, & Americana (Sets 483–488):
Our new country & Americana RealTracks deliver a rich collection of acoustic, electric, and roots-inspired styles! We have new country pop (9) with legendary guitarist Brent Mason. There is also a potpourri (14) of bouzouki, guitars, banjo, and more, perfect for adding texture and character to contemporary acoustic arrangements. We’ve added funky country guitar (5) with PG favorite Brent Mason, along with classic pedal steel styles (5) featuring steel great Doug Jernigan. There are more country songwriter styles (8) that provide intimate, rootsy foundations for storytelling and modern Americana writing. Finally, we have “background soloing” acoustic guitar (12) with Brent Mason — simpler, but still very tasty acoustic lines designed to sit beautifully behind vocals or act as a subtle standalone solo part.
Check out all the 202 new RealTracks (in sets 468-488)!
And, if you are looking for more, the 2026 49-PAK (for $49) includes an impressive collection of 20 bonus RealTracks, featuring exciting and inspiring additions to add to your RealTracks library. You'll get new country-rhythm guitar styles from PG Music favorites Johnny Hiland and Brent Mason, along with modern-pop grooves that capture today’s radio-ready sound! There are also new indie-folk styles with guitar, bass, 6-string bass used as a high-chording instrument, acoustic guitar, and banjo. Plus, dedicated "cymbal fills" RealDrums provide an added layer that work very well with low-key folky styles with other percussion.
The 2026 49-PAK is loaded with other great new add-ons as well. Learn more about the 2026 49-PAK!
2026 Free Bonus PAK & 49-PAK for Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac®!
With your version 2026 for Mac Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, Audiophile Edition or PlusPAK purchase, we'll include a Bonus PAK full of great new Add-ons for FREE! Or upgrade to the 2026 49-PAK for only $49 to receive even more NEW Add-ons including 20 additional RealTracks!
These PAKs are loaded with additional add-ons to supercharge your Band-in-a-Box®!
This Free Bonus PAK includes:
- The 2026 RealCombos Booster PAK:
-For Pro customers, this includes 27 new RealTracks and 23 new RealStyles.
-For MegaPAK customers, this includes 25 new RealTracks and 23 new RealStyles.
-For UltraPAK customers, this includes 12 new RealStyles.
- MIDI Styles Set 92: Look Ma! More MIDI 15: Latin Jazz
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 46: Piano & Organ
- Instrumental Studies Set 24: Groovin' Blues Soloing
- Artist Performance Set 19: Songs with Vocals 9
- Playable RealTracks Set 5
- RealDrums Stems Set 9: Cool Brushes
- SynthMaster Sounds Set 1 (with audio demos)
- iOS Android Band-in-a-Box® App
Looking for more great add-ons, then upgrade to the 2026 49-PAK for just $49 and you'll get:
- 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums with 20 RealStyle.
- FLAC Files (lossless audio files) for the 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums
- MIDI Styles Set 93: Look Ma! More MIDI 16: SynthMaster
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 47: More SynthMaster
- Instrumental Studies 25 - Soul Jazz Guitar Soloing
- Artist Performance Set 20: Songs with Vocals 10
- RealDrums Stems Set 10: Groovin' Sticks
- SynthMaster Sounds & Styles Set 2 (sounds & styles with audio demos)
Learn more about the Bonus PAK and 49-PAK for Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac®!
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