I just thought of a situation and wasnt sure how I would handle it, not real familar with the laws etc. Here is what I was curious on. Say you are at home either asleep in the very back room or in back yard, you hear a noise go to check it out and find you have been robbed. You see someone (BG) running out your front door with your laptop, small tv whatever. You run out front door after them if you cant catch them on foot, since there is no immediate threat you cant really shoot them could you? Could it be seen as protecting your property etc? Just thought i'd see what some others here would do. Love the site by the way, have found alot of great info here!