This doesn't carry much weight if by the time these go to court there's a good chance he won't be around.
Protection of property as carte blanche to use lethal force would be one bad precedent. I'd settle for open season on looters with paintball guns. You get marked, you go cool off in jail.
Besides, the states would not take kindly to the federal dropping in and "changing the rules". The federal taking an ever bigger place in "local issues" is anathema to the republican core ideas. The states administer their own justice systems.
Again pick a lane, if States are 100% responsible for their own justice system, very few laws/crimes are federal, Trump is 0% involved. Libs need to shut up their bitching and moaning about him doing nothing. Oppositely, if Trump is coerced to get involved and solving their problems, well get out of his way, you asked for his help and if you don't like his tactics, go back to being unable to deal with it themselves.
Also about the Castle Doctrine, it's one of the few mostly clear cut cases for lethal force. Stand your ground is a million shades of grey because the dynamics of the situation are vast. Also, we're not talking about claiming the Castle law to blast someone to bits who accidentally walked into the wrong apartment because you left the door unlocked.
When somebody knowingly and forcefully breaks into another persons property, they are voiding their right to live. It's for residential but with these riots going on I would extend it to family owned businesses as well (not multinational corporations). What's the excuse, they slipped and repeatedly hit the glass with a hammer, then continued to stumble into the store and an arm full of sneakers broke their fall. They were so distraught from accidentally trespassing they forgot to drop them before they bolted from the store?
It's not that I actually want it to happen, it's just that the very thought of knowing they might get blown away should prevent most of them from doing so. Want a great Canadian example in a similar vein. The NS shooter probably knew better than to attempt to chance it on a gun owner.
As for why the shooter didn’t come to his house, Joudrey says he suspects it’s because Wortman knew he was a hunter who had guns in his home.
“He knew I had firearms, which are legal of course, but he knew I was confrontational and I might interrupt his plan. That’s the only thing I can think of.”
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/i-can-t...nman-s-girlfriend-scared-to-go-home-1.4945493