yeah the laws in the states are really fucking stupid some times. i remember this one case where a bugler broke into a house in the middle of the night, pitch black, falls into a glass table and gets glass shards stuck in his eyes and all sorts of shit that was really bad. the home owners found him to not be a threat and called the police/ambulance to go get him patched up. who pays the bugler's bill? the home owners. why? it was dangerous to have an unmarked glass table that some one could trip over and hurt them self. this is why i love Texas, because Texas has castle laws. you are allowed to shoot anyone in your house pretty much if you can justify it. the local police recommend that if someone breaks into your house to kill them with out mercy. also for more bullshit, an extension of this is that in Texas you are allowed to kill in self defense. according to US law you are not allowed to kill in self defense if you dont need to. Texas has no problem if you go over board, again with in reason. that being said if someone breaks into your house and you shoot them, they are bleeding out and they make to to the street and die there, it is under the jurisdiction of the US government. the bleeding man was not a threat so you are now charged with homicide. however, the federal law only applies to the public space, the street. that law has no say for private spaces (such as your house) so in your house Texas laws apply. because of this interaction the local cops will actually tell you about this, look away as you drag the dead body back into your house, then ignore the blood in the street as they "respond" to the break in, find that you killed them in your house, and wish you a good night as you kill them in self defense in your house. of course this only works in a city where the cops will let you do this. big cities this just wont fly, but out in the country its a lot looser. the law in the US is quite some funny business.