So Today My Car Almost Got Stolen

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Unfortunately the burglar would probably know that (in California) you would have to have a reasonable fear of great bodily harm in order to use your gun, so he might not be afraid. You could, however, have a manual gun trap set up to get him/her and if that happened to kill him/her, that would be legal (People v. Ceballos).

You mean illegal! Ceballos was convicted!!

Booby traps are illegal in California.

To add, now, if a burglar is running away from your house, you cant shoot him, as he is no longer a threat.

Lastly, Tooters idea of sitting in the car with a gun, would also fall under the booby trap law. The defense would state he normally wouldnt have been there, and put himself in "harm's way"