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GrillKing wrote:

with WildBill and TXI. Even a justifed shooting over property alone isn't worth weeks / months / years of my life fighting the legal system, the financial cost, the emotional cost. Even if the shooter can 'handle it' what about the shooters spouse and kids? It's a practical matter to me. Plus, even some shootings, even though legally justified aren't morally so in my view. According to the law as I understand it, criminal mischief at night (say egging a car or stealing a bicycle??) would legally justify deadly force. There is no way that deadly force is morally justifed however. IMHO.

I dont want to hijack this whole thread for this subject, but I can certainly envision some criminal mischief scenarios I would use DF over. Probably not egging my car, but there certainly are some. My wife and kid know how I feel on the subject and agree with me. Sometimes standing up for yourself and what is yours is more important than taking the easy way out of a situation.

txinvestigator wrote:

boomerang wrote:

Weekly Reader wrote:Heck yes.

We have been burgularized enough times to loose our insurance. I've experienced the criminal court system several times with criminals. I will shoot without hesitation.

I agree.

My property is worth something to me. I work hard to earn enough money to buy what I have. I'm willing to spend a few bullets to keep it.

When a criminal tries to victimize me, I believe they're expressing their desire to be shot.

It'll cost you a lot more than the price of a few bullets.

You guys who are so ready to shoot someone need to sit and talk to a few people who have. The financial, emotional and psychological impacts on you AND your family are not minor nor a joke. A realize that everybody wants to be a tough guy, but there seriously needs some thought put into these types of statements.

I would not lose a wink of sleep defending myself, my family or my property (or my neighbor's property) by use of DF. I have probably thought about it more than most which is why i have made a point to closely study the laws dealing with this issue. Legality should not be an issue as I intend to be 100% within my rights in such a scenario.

The life of a criminal who has chosen his own path is worthless imo. He has sentenced himself to the causality of his path by virtue of his own actions. I have no sympathy for those who do not respect the rights and liberties of others. They're not worth my time, definitely not worthy of sucking my oxygen and barely worth the expense of my bullets.

Human life does have value but individuals who slink about under cover of night to steal a man's livelihood or his life piece by piece by stealing misc property (the money used to acquire property was earned at the expense of great portions of my time earing said money and is therefore a representation of a proportionate portion of my life) is not a human individual. He/She is a goblin and deserving of a goblin's fate, whatever that may be. I have no sympathy for goblins. They are not human.

Perhaps you should recline and meditate on the fact that some of us are tired of worrying about evils of the criminal element and will gladly stand our ground within the confines of the law to do what is morally right (take back our streets from said goblins). If that makes me and those like me a "tough-guy" in your book then so be it. I consider myself an American Citizen. Nothing more, nothing less. I think you might be surprised at the number of American Citizens who share that perspective.

not only would I shoot, should I catch someone in the act of what you describe but I would most likely have to reload as well.

Then I'd send the family a bill for the bullets.