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Sorry to hear about this. I can sympathize with you wanting to reconsider your stance after this has happened. I was chastized for saying this a few months back. Can't say I would or I wouldn't use "deadly force", but the thought of someone taking something that I have worked hard for makes me sick in my stomach. I find it really hard to have any kind of feelings towards thieves. My car is more to me than a dollar amount. It represents a lot of hard work and time spent fixing and maintaining it. It is a piece of my life. I do realize though, I'd be in way over my head in legal battles.

The strange thing is that I drive a car with modifications equal to double the cost of the car itself. My wife drives a regular Civic. Guess whose car get's broken into? Her car, three times, not once happened to mine. On top of that I've been living in SA for almost 8 years now, she's been here for two. One time was a few days after we got married and it still said "Just married" on the windows. Fortunately all our presents were moved into our home by then, but the thought of someone stealing from my wife as we are starting our life together makes me mad to say the least. However, I believe that what has kept my car safe is the blinking alarm LED on the dash. Wife's car doesn't have one (though I'm tempted to wire up a blinking LED to scare off potential thieves until we get an alarm for that car). An alarm that beeps on the remote when someone tries to break in is on the list of things to get someday.