• Maggoty@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    3 months ago

    Not just crime but in large parts of the country it’s a popular myth that they can shoot you for being on their property. They can’t, that’s ridiculous, but Hollywood and popular myth won’t let it die.

    • Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 months ago

      Also, legality doesn’t change the odds of some old white dude taking pot shots from his porch at strange noises, because of precisely the same popular myth