I thought of a scenario this morning due to the upcoming storm:
I don't have an electric generator, although I am seriously considering purchasing one.
What if a family had an electric generator running for heat, cooking, communication, etc. during a storm where the power had been out for a couple of days, it is extremely cold out, and the roads are blanketed in snow...nobody can go anywhere for who knows how long.
2 large men come and try to steal the generator. This generator is providing the above things for the dad and his family (small children). The father, armed, approaches the men.
If he allows them to get away with the generator then the family might go hungry or be without heat for who knows how long in the 10 below weather. There will be suffering, much of it...not sure about death because it is uncertain when power will be back on and when the roads will be cleared.
What can he legally do?
I don't have an electric generator, although I am seriously considering purchasing one.
What if a family had an electric generator running for heat, cooking, communication, etc. during a storm where the power had been out for a couple of days, it is extremely cold out, and the roads are blanketed in snow...nobody can go anywhere for who knows how long.
2 large men come and try to steal the generator. This generator is providing the above things for the dad and his family (small children). The father, armed, approaches the men.
If he allows them to get away with the generator then the family might go hungry or be without heat for who knows how long in the 10 below weather. There will be suffering, much of it...not sure about death because it is uncertain when power will be back on and when the roads will be cleared.
What can he legally do?