Peoria Shooting Warranted: Korwin on TV
A home owner in Peoria, Arizona shot and injured an intruder on March 20th. The homeowner, police say, did everything right:
“He seemed to do everything right,” said Peoria Police Spokesperson Mike Tellef. “He told the man to stop a couple times and when he didn’t, he (Kallas) defended himself.”
John Kallas, a 62-year, said he saw a prowler outside of his home in the early morning hours of March 20th. The homeowner shot the burglar after he entered the home through a back door. The intruder was shot in the chest, but his injuries are not considered life threatening.
Kallas is protected under Arizona’s recently enacted Castle Doctrine, which presumes that homeowners are threatened when their homes are violated by intruders.
A full text of the article on the shooting can be found here. There’s video from the channel 15 report at that link, and here’s a direct link to just the video. I appear in the article and video discussing the circumstances under which shooting an intruder is defensible. For example:
Gun law expert and author Alan Korwin says the legal trends favor homeowners and business owners in these situations, but it has to be clear that your life is being threatened.
“Chasing someone and shooting them is not self defense,” he said.
Arizona recently passed the Castle Doctrine, which presumes homeowners are being threatened when someone breaks into their home.
“That doesn’t mean it’s ok to shoot some drunk kid who might have accidently entered your home,” Korwin explained.
Click through to the video to see me in action!
*This article was edited by MND.Â
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