Consequences for shooting an intruder?

BB Gun? You'll get beat the **** up (or shot) after he gets over the shock of the first hit.

well I'm in cali (check state law)! my cousin grandpa had a breakin in Oakland (black fam) in the fight with the robber the grandpa got the gun,took control and shot the man.the man was paralyzed by the shot and grandpa went to jail plus got sued.the law says once you have the control of the fight and have the weapon its like a whole new start to the encounter sort to say.grandpa did three years.In your case i would of did the same.don't feel bad you didn't kill him lol.the law is out dated and lacks the intervention of unique situations and fluid logic. God Bless ! if you do time DO IT WITH PRIDE !. Ill pray 4 ya brother !.but if you do go to the PEN people will give you a lil slack in the Pen 4 that as long as you don't step out side the LINES. also once you get your answers take this STATEMENT OF YOURS OFF THE WEB TO BE SAFE WITH LEGAL STUFF YA FEEL(admitting)

That is ******** Brutal! (By the way!) and i'm pretty sure its self defense because they intruded on your property andthreatenedd your family that seems like self defense

Virginia has the Castle Law, which means that if an intruder breaks into your home, either armed or not you can use whatever force necessary to subdue or inflict bodily harm to protect yourself, your family, or your posessions. Which means if someone breaks into your home and you don't know the intent, you can shoot him in the chest or head and if he dies you won't face criminal charges from the state or civil actions from his survivors.. meaning his family can't sue you for lose of income from him.

You cannot take him out of the house and threaten him once he has surrendered. However, if you or any of your family are in danger from the home intruder you will not be charged with any crime for shooting them (BB gun or real gun) while they are in your house. If you hit said intruder and they surrendered on the ground it would be wise to ducktape or ziptie them up and wait for the authorities

well virginia is a stupid state since the home invader has more rights to be in your house than you..if you dont kill him he can sue for damages....he could slip in your house and sue if hes hurt lol....move to Georgia its shoot first ask questions later

I would seriously suggest you not do this! Legal complications aside, the intruder is threatening you and your family with a lethal weapon according to your question. Your response of "shooting them in the legs with a bb gun" is going to make the intruders very angry. Possible scenarios: 1) Intruder see you pull a gun and mistakes it for the real thing ... Intruders use the lethal weapons they were just threatening your family with to kill you ... game over. 2) You successfully shoot one of the intruders with the bb gun ... this makes the intruders very angry. They use the lethal weapons they are carrying to cause you immense pain and blood loss. You might survive the incident, trip to the hospital in your near future. 3) You pull the bb gun ... they threaten to kill a family member unless you put the weapon down NOW! If you don't put the weapon down ... family member gets dead, if you do maybe you get dead! Don't bring a toy gun to a gun fight ... you will not win.

I'm sure you will miserably fail if you are using a BB gun. But if the intruder is black you will probably face a hate crime charge even if you are the one being robbed.

The worst you could get would be something like aggravated assault. You more than likely have privilege to use deadly force when the intruder is in your home. Once outside you can use the privilege of arrest, but depending on the totality of the circumstances the American History X reinactment could get you in some trouble