A few things here:
1 - I thought I heard that the homeowner didn't shoot AT the thieves, but rather fired a warning shot that ricocheted off something and hit the thief in the arm?
2 - There is no need for public support and especially no need for any kind of fundraising. Because the homeowner (Eddie) was not found criminally responsible for the original incident his homeowner's insurance will cover this whole thing including the legal costs to defend. He doesn't even have to pay the friggin' deductible! The liability coverage on your property policy is exactly for dumb shit like this.
3 - For those who are saying that society is going to hell in a hand basket with this lawsuit stuff, these kinds of cases have been happening for DECADES! 20 years ago I took an insurance course on liability and one of the case studies was a guy in Edmonton that was trying to break into a school so he climbed on to the roof and fell through a skylight and broke his back. He sued the school based on the idea that there should have been a safety railing around the skylight and he won! This kind of dumb-assery has been going on long before current times folks.
Last edited by Masked Bandit; 09-25-2019 at 09:40 AM.
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