In response to 1., I would pull my Ma Deuce out of my back pocket & blaze away!John R. Fuller wrote:More important: What are the rules of engagement that you are subject to when attacked by a foreign martial force ie... Mexican Drug Gang, or worse Mexican troops on our own soil.
The reason that I am asking this is that there seems to be a reluctance to engage armed and violent forces crossing our borders by the military and the border patrol for legal reasons.
I am wondering if I would be prosecuted if I defended my home from an illegal attack with whatever means I may possess at the time. I am starting to wonder if I would be jailed for defending my family my self and my property from violent invaders if they happen to legally reside south of the border of the United States. I am going to post this on a few other forums to see if anyone knows a good answer to this question.
I have two specific scenarios;
1. You are in a vehicle that is stopped at a road block set up by armed personnel. It is blatantly obvious that they are not U.S. military or law enforcement. The conditions are it is night, rural, and you are now unable to back up and evade, the individuals at the road block are approaching your vehicles with weapons pointed at you and your family in the car. Your weapons are limited to CHL pistols and revolvers, I will allow that many may also have a shotgun or rifle in their vehicle as well.
What do you do? What are you allowed to do legally?
2. You are in your residence and the same type of armed group is attacking your house. The conditions are; You are in possession of many types of center fire magazine fed rifles along with shotguns and pistols that many on this board maintain at home.
What do you do? What are you allowed to do legally?
Remember, these two situations are illegal actions being taken against you and your family. Immediate action is necessary to protect life limb and possibly livelyhood. This is also assuming you are not one that engages in illegal activity such as illegal drug or weapons traffickers.
In response to 2., the automatically tracking GE electric miniguns would waste 'em in no time flat, so it wouldn't be a real problem...
But seriously, I agree with the other posters who said run 'em down with your vehicle for 1. It only makes sense to use what you have, & a car/truck/van/suv is a bigger and more controlled weapon in that environment. As to what if they were assaulting my house, unless I had a hardened room that was fully defensible, I would be slipping out the back way & calling for backup from the police or anyone else I could think of as soon as I noticed said force. I'm sure that you could do more than that legally, but it's foolish to try and defend against a numerically superior and better armed force all by your lonesome.
Of course, by the time they got to the north side of Houston, I suspect that other superior forces (TX ANG, USMC, US Army, USAF, etc. ) would long since have been involved, and would have probably rejected any services a fat old man like myself could offer and suggested I vacate the area.