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Twin3Turbo posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

I'm assuming they were trying to go out of my back door," the homeowner said, "so as they go through there I jumped in the closet and get my AK-47." He then found them on his patio, aimed his rifle and opened fire.

So how is he not getting charges? Normally isn't illegal to shoot at burglars running away?

Just because they were "running away" doesn't necessarily mean they are no longer a threat.

Also it states that after he got his gun he found them on his patio, which means they were still on his property and therefore still a threat.

If they were like down the street or something, there may be a case, maybe.

It normally does. Unless they are shooting as they are running, it usually means the threat is currently over.