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SC Attorney Gen Declares Open Season on Burglars
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (January 25, 2001 10:23 a.m. EST www.nandotimes.com) (http://www.nandotimes.com)) - People defending their homes against intruders should not be arrested or prosecuted, the state attorney general said in a memo following a recent outbreak of break-ins.
"I am today declaring open season on home invaders. That season is year-round," Charlie Condon said Wednesday.
South Carolina state law lets people defend their homes.
The memo, sent to local prosecutors, sheriffs and police chiefs, came after a rash of home invasions in North Charleston and elsewhere. Condon noted a Columbia man used a sword to kill an intruder last week.
"Defenders of property do not have time to weigh options or consider consequences," Condon wrote. "We as prosecutors and law enforcement should back homeowners to the hilt."
Condon believes people will understand that his statements do not permit deadly force to resolve other situations, spokesman Robb McBurney said. "Reasonable people can see the difference," he said.
Anderson County Sheriff Gene Taylor agreed.
"I hope nobody misuses the concept," Taylor said. "But I wouldn't mind seeing a few burglars dropped."
The liberals are going to shit! I love it.
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? --Thomas Jefferson (Memo to Ted Kennedy)
Wolfcounsel
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"The liberals are going to shit! I love it." --Warlady1
Yes, but it's more fun when one can read their "whining".
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'Invade a home and invite a bullet'
South Carolina attorney general backs armed home defense
By Jon Dougherty
© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
In declaring an "open season" on burglars who break into homes, South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon has instructed all solicitors, sheriffs and police chiefs in the state to refrain from arresting "citizens acting to defend their homes" with a firearm or other weapon.
In a statement released yesterday, Condon's office said the attorney general sent a memorandum to all state prosecutors and law enforcement officials warning them not to arrest or prosecute people who defend themselves with "deadly force" against a "home invader."
The statement said the policy was necessary to protect citizens "in the wake of a rash of recent home invasions in North Charleston and elsewhere throughout the state."
"As chief prosecutor of South Carolina, I am today declaring open season on home invaders," Condon said. "That season is year round. Citizens protecting their homes who use force -- even deadly force -- will be fully safeguarded under the law of this state and subject to no arrest, charge or prosecution.
"In South Carolina, would-be intruders should now hear this: Invade a home and invite a bullet," said Cordon, a Republican.
The state's chief law enforcement officer also said "a recent rash of home invasions by gang members and other criminals" led to his decision, noting that gang activity "is rising sharply in South Carolina."
He cited a string of recent break-ins in North Charleston, as well as an incident in Columbia -- the state capital -- "where a victim managed to fight off home invaders with a sword," the statement said.
Also, Condon said that in Richland County, sheriff's department officials believe four men have been responsible for over 90 home invasions in the past year alone.
The policy serves as a warning to potential burglars, Condon said, about what "faces them" if they attempt to break into a home. And, he said, the policy would serve "to let homeowners know their rights."
The attorney general said existing case law in South Carolina "gives ironclad protection to the citizen in safeguarding his or her home.
"Inside the citizen's home, there are no legal technicalities for the criminal to rely on," he said. Courts have ruled that even deadly force may be used against a burglar "if such degree of force be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose of preventing a forcible entry against his will."
Condon said the new policy would actually help the state's police officers.
"Law enforcement officers cannot be everywhere at once," he said, noting that armed citizens protecting their homes would serve as a deterrent to crime, and lower crime rates and property loss.
"Home invaders will think twice and even a third time" before breaking in, he said, "knowing [they] risk … their own death … on the other side of the innocent homeowner's door."
"The home is the family's fortress of protection," he added. "When at home, people rightfully feel they are standing on sacred ground. The citizen's home is the line in the sand where criminals dare not cross."
Condon's policy appears to reflect the sentiment of most police chiefs and sheriffs across the country.
According to a 1999-2000 annual survey conducted by the National Association of Chiefs of Police, 93 percent of police chiefs and sheriffs who responded believe law-abiding citizens "should be able to purchase a firearm for self-defense or sport."
Perhaps ironically, almost 95 percent of respondents did not believe the media is "fair and balanced" in reporting the news about police, firearms and other issues.
While most gun-control groups believe fewer firearms in circulation -- as well as increased restrictions on private firearms ownership -- would do more to reduce gun deaths and the violent crime associated with them, survey participants overwhelmingly disagreed.
Most police chiefs and sheriffs said better enforcement of existing laws -- not new gun laws -- would do more to reduce violence and gun deaths. Also, 88 percent said persons convicted of violating state or federal firearm possession laws should receive the maximum prison term for the offense.
Jon E. Dougherty is a staff writer for WorldNetDaily.
www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21478 (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21478)
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The Sonarman
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What's better than the liberals whining, moaning, and bitching is the criminals are on notice.
Oops.... sorry. I forgot... liberals and criminals... one in the same.
The trouble with modern US Foreign Relations is.... we utilize way too much BS and not enough napalm.
The Sonarman
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(1/26/01 12:08:34 pm)
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Neal Boortz commentary
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"INVADE A HOME AND INVITE A BULLET"
South Carolina's Attorney General, Charlie Condon, has declared open season on burglars who break into homes. He's instructed every solicitor, sheriff, and police chief in the state to refrain from arresting or prosecuting "citizens acting to defend their homes" with a firearm or other weapon.
My hero! Any chance of Bush replacing Ashcroft with Condon? His approach to crime fighting is the worst nightmare of the anti-2nd Amendment crowd. Just listen to them scream with horror. Oh, my! He's actually encouraging homeowners to use guns to defend their homes--and then telling police officers not to arrest the homeowner! Doesn't Condon know that self-defense is no reason to own a gun? It will be a bloodbath in South Carolina!
Bullsqueeze. The burglary and home invasion rates in South Carolina will drop. Just watch. When the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance several years ago requiring every household to have a working firearm, the crime rate dropped like a rock. Down south in Macon, more than a decade ago, a wave of armed robberies was stopped cold when the mayor instructed his police officers to shoot armed perpetrators on sight--and then offered a week's vacation in the Bahamas to officers who did! The current mayor of Macon is offering no such ultimatum to robbers during the city's latest crime wave, so the armed robberies continue.
Guns are useful tools. Charlie Condon knows this and supports law-abiding Americans' right to use them in defense of life and property...unlike the Imperial Federal Government, which knows that a disarmed society is an obedient society.
- Neal Boortz
The trouble with modern US Foreign Relations is.... we utilize way too much BS and not enough napalm.
BEST45CAL
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(1/27/01 2:14:45 pm)
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Yesss!
"Wise men learn more from fools than fools learn from the wise."
EagleTed
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(1/28/01 11:22:53 am)
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Darn! Now the Left will impose a five day
waiting period on swords.
Life, Liberty, Property
WarLady1
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(1/29/01 8:41:47 am)
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Democrats "Felons are voters too!! err um I mean felons are "people" too.
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? --Thomas Jefferson (Memo to Ted Kennedy)
YukonJak
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My favorite reply to anti-gunners is that if guns do not reduce crime, then they should have no problem putting up a gun free home sign in their front yard. Funny, never heard of one doing that yet.
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SC Attorney Gen Declares Open Season on Burglars
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www.nandotimes.com/nofram...-0,00.html (http://www.nandotimes.com/nofram...-0,00.html)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (January 25, 2001 10:23 a.m. EST www.nandotimes.com) (http://www.nandotimes.com)) - People defending their homes against intruders should not be arrested or prosecuted, the state attorney general said in a memo following a recent outbreak of break-ins.
"I am today declaring open season on home invaders. That season is year-round," Charlie Condon said Wednesday.
South Carolina state law lets people defend their homes.
The memo, sent to local prosecutors, sheriffs and police chiefs, came after a rash of home invasions in North Charleston and elsewhere. Condon noted a Columbia man used a sword to kill an intruder last week.
"Defenders of property do not have time to weigh options or consider consequences," Condon wrote. "We as prosecutors and law enforcement should back homeowners to the hilt."
Condon believes people will understand that his statements do not permit deadly force to resolve other situations, spokesman Robb McBurney said. "Reasonable people can see the difference," he said.
Anderson County Sheriff Gene Taylor agreed.
"I hope nobody misuses the concept," Taylor said. "But I wouldn't mind seeing a few burglars dropped."
The liberals are going to shit! I love it.
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? --Thomas Jefferson (Memo to Ted Kennedy)
Wolfcounsel
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(1/26/01 5:59:17 am)
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"The liberals are going to shit! I love it." --Warlady1
Yes, but it's more fun when one can read their "whining".
The Sonarman
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(1/26/01 11:52:13 am)
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'Invade a home and invite a bullet'
South Carolina attorney general backs armed home defense
By Jon Dougherty
© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
In declaring an "open season" on burglars who break into homes, South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon has instructed all solicitors, sheriffs and police chiefs in the state to refrain from arresting "citizens acting to defend their homes" with a firearm or other weapon.
In a statement released yesterday, Condon's office said the attorney general sent a memorandum to all state prosecutors and law enforcement officials warning them not to arrest or prosecute people who defend themselves with "deadly force" against a "home invader."
The statement said the policy was necessary to protect citizens "in the wake of a rash of recent home invasions in North Charleston and elsewhere throughout the state."
"As chief prosecutor of South Carolina, I am today declaring open season on home invaders," Condon said. "That season is year round. Citizens protecting their homes who use force -- even deadly force -- will be fully safeguarded under the law of this state and subject to no arrest, charge or prosecution.
"In South Carolina, would-be intruders should now hear this: Invade a home and invite a bullet," said Cordon, a Republican.
The state's chief law enforcement officer also said "a recent rash of home invasions by gang members and other criminals" led to his decision, noting that gang activity "is rising sharply in South Carolina."
He cited a string of recent break-ins in North Charleston, as well as an incident in Columbia -- the state capital -- "where a victim managed to fight off home invaders with a sword," the statement said.
Also, Condon said that in Richland County, sheriff's department officials believe four men have been responsible for over 90 home invasions in the past year alone.
The policy serves as a warning to potential burglars, Condon said, about what "faces them" if they attempt to break into a home. And, he said, the policy would serve "to let homeowners know their rights."
The attorney general said existing case law in South Carolina "gives ironclad protection to the citizen in safeguarding his or her home.
"Inside the citizen's home, there are no legal technicalities for the criminal to rely on," he said. Courts have ruled that even deadly force may be used against a burglar "if such degree of force be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose of preventing a forcible entry against his will."
Condon said the new policy would actually help the state's police officers.
"Law enforcement officers cannot be everywhere at once," he said, noting that armed citizens protecting their homes would serve as a deterrent to crime, and lower crime rates and property loss.
"Home invaders will think twice and even a third time" before breaking in, he said, "knowing [they] risk … their own death … on the other side of the innocent homeowner's door."
"The home is the family's fortress of protection," he added. "When at home, people rightfully feel they are standing on sacred ground. The citizen's home is the line in the sand where criminals dare not cross."
Condon's policy appears to reflect the sentiment of most police chiefs and sheriffs across the country.
According to a 1999-2000 annual survey conducted by the National Association of Chiefs of Police, 93 percent of police chiefs and sheriffs who responded believe law-abiding citizens "should be able to purchase a firearm for self-defense or sport."
Perhaps ironically, almost 95 percent of respondents did not believe the media is "fair and balanced" in reporting the news about police, firearms and other issues.
While most gun-control groups believe fewer firearms in circulation -- as well as increased restrictions on private firearms ownership -- would do more to reduce gun deaths and the violent crime associated with them, survey participants overwhelmingly disagreed.
Most police chiefs and sheriffs said better enforcement of existing laws -- not new gun laws -- would do more to reduce violence and gun deaths. Also, 88 percent said persons convicted of violating state or federal firearm possession laws should receive the maximum prison term for the offense.
Jon E. Dougherty is a staff writer for WorldNetDaily.
www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21478 (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21478)
The trouble with modern US Foreign Relations is.... we utilize way too much BS and not enough napalm.
The Sonarman
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(1/26/01 11:53:32 am)
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What's better than the liberals whining, moaning, and bitching is the criminals are on notice.
Oops.... sorry. I forgot... liberals and criminals... one in the same.
The trouble with modern US Foreign Relations is.... we utilize way too much BS and not enough napalm.
The Sonarman
Gold Star Member
posts: 80
(1/26/01 12:08:34 pm)
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Neal Boortz commentary
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"INVADE A HOME AND INVITE A BULLET"
South Carolina's Attorney General, Charlie Condon, has declared open season on burglars who break into homes. He's instructed every solicitor, sheriff, and police chief in the state to refrain from arresting or prosecuting "citizens acting to defend their homes" with a firearm or other weapon.
My hero! Any chance of Bush replacing Ashcroft with Condon? His approach to crime fighting is the worst nightmare of the anti-2nd Amendment crowd. Just listen to them scream with horror. Oh, my! He's actually encouraging homeowners to use guns to defend their homes--and then telling police officers not to arrest the homeowner! Doesn't Condon know that self-defense is no reason to own a gun? It will be a bloodbath in South Carolina!
Bullsqueeze. The burglary and home invasion rates in South Carolina will drop. Just watch. When the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance several years ago requiring every household to have a working firearm, the crime rate dropped like a rock. Down south in Macon, more than a decade ago, a wave of armed robberies was stopped cold when the mayor instructed his police officers to shoot armed perpetrators on sight--and then offered a week's vacation in the Bahamas to officers who did! The current mayor of Macon is offering no such ultimatum to robbers during the city's latest crime wave, so the armed robberies continue.
Guns are useful tools. Charlie Condon knows this and supports law-abiding Americans' right to use them in defense of life and property...unlike the Imperial Federal Government, which knows that a disarmed society is an obedient society.
- Neal Boortz
The trouble with modern US Foreign Relations is.... we utilize way too much BS and not enough napalm.
BEST45CAL
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(1/27/01 2:14:45 pm)
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Yesss!
"Wise men learn more from fools than fools learn from the wise."
EagleTed
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(1/28/01 11:22:53 am)
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Darn! Now the Left will impose a five day
waiting period on swords.
Life, Liberty, Property
WarLady1
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(1/29/01 8:41:47 am)
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Democrats "Felons are voters too!! err um I mean felons are "people" too.
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? --Thomas Jefferson (Memo to Ted Kennedy)
YukonJak
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My favorite reply to anti-gunners is that if guns do not reduce crime, then they should have no problem putting up a gun free home sign in their front yard. Funny, never heard of one doing that yet.