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WTR wrote:I will never take a life over material possessions ( besides, I'm insured out the ying yang). Now threaten my family, all bets are off.

My daughter's car was stolen right out of her yard. A 1 year old Nissan Altima. After her insurance paid off she was still out many thousands so the argument that insurance covers it is not valid. My daughter does not have the finances that she can afford that type of loss and therefore her loss was also my loss. Be realistic though, is there no monetary loss that you would kill to protect? How about your home, life savings, retirement fund, ability to pay for your child's cancer therapy, whatever scenario you want? When someone steals what is yours they may be depriving yours from some life saving necessity. This is where the Saudi's have better punishment for crimes. You know, pick pockets and caught you lose your hand. Do it twice you lose both. If one steals from another they may end up paying the maximum price for their crime- right or wrong.

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

bblhd672 wrote:Ft. Worth Star Telegram Editorial Board says in opinion piece: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/ed ... 22579.html

The neighbor in this case apparently had every “right” under the law to kill. But killing in the defense of property can never be right.
Shooting someone can only be right when it is to protect a person.

Liberals hardly ever can be on the side of law abiding citizens.

Here's how I think about it.

Is a car (or it's contents) worth a human life? Well I know it's not worth my life, or the lives of my loved ones, because I know the value of those lives. I would think that it's also not worth the life of a random person who I find in my driveway in the middle of the night.

But here's the thing. That random person believes their life is not worth more than my car, since they decided that is a potential trade off they are willing to make the moment they decided to steal my car. And who am I to think that I know the value of their life better then they do? If they really value their life that low, then I'm not going to waste time arguing with them about it.

The BG may be thinking that the car is worth more than your life though and he might be ready to take your life and your car. I would guess that a BG never thinks that he is going to die stealing or burglarizing a car.