I agree with this very much. In this case, it is reasonable to believe that the property being stolen will lead to loss of life, which personally justifies deadly force to prevent. I don't believe that my vehicle is worth anyone's life. However, there are many instances where a thief/burglar would be willing to take my (or someone else's) life to successfully complete the crime they are committing. It's a tough call, and one I can't say is black & white regarding property.locke_n_load wrote:There is a firearm in my vehicle at all times. I don't know how I would feel if they stole it and killed someone with it, if at the time of the theft, I was there to stop it.Soccerdad1995 wrote:Here's how I think about it.bblhd672 wrote:Ft. Worth Star Telegram Editorial Board says in opinion piece: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/ed ... 22579.htmlLiberals hardly ever can be on the side of law abiding citizens.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.
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.
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