Mikejonestkd and Oldbillthunderchief
The manual given out by the Suffolk County Police with your permit also specifically states the instances where lethal force may be used. For NYS it is a pretty good guide to the legitimate use of deadly force.
http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/Police/Pistol_ License_ Handbook-020505.pdf
Note that paragraph 1 does not require you to be in possesion of the property. At the same time an old friend who was a retired NYC Fire Police Inspector explained that the allowance for deadly force to prevent arson was specifically due to the danger to human life. You may have a hard time tying the dog tied up in the middle of nowhere being set on fire to a threat to human life. Arson is further explained elsewhere and may specifically relate to structures only, I am not certain.
The manual given out by the Suffolk County Police with your permit also specifically states the instances where lethal force may be used. For NYS it is a pretty good guide to the legitimate use of deadly force.
http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/Police/Pistol_ License_ Handbook-020505.pdf
USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE IN DEFENSE
OF PREMISES AND IN DEFENSE OF A
PERSON IN THE COURSE OF A BURGLARY.
(Penal Law Section 35.20)
1. Any person may use physical force upon another person when he reasonably believes such to be
necessary to prevent or terminate what he reasonably believes to be the commission or attempted
commission by such other person of a crime involving damage to premises. He may use any degree of
physical force, other than deadly physical force, which he reasonably believes to be necessary for such
purpose, and he may use deadly physical force if he reasonably believes such to be necessary to
prevent or terminate the commission or attempted commission of arson.
Note that paragraph 1 does not require you to be in possesion of the property. At the same time an old friend who was a retired NYC Fire Police Inspector explained that the allowance for deadly force to prevent arson was specifically due to the danger to human life. You may have a hard time tying the dog tied up in the middle of nowhere being set on fire to a threat to human life. Arson is further explained elsewhere and may specifically relate to structures only, I am not certain.