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I think it is important to also remember that in times past Property Was Life. Property was livelihood and sometimes made the difference between starvation and prosperity. We live in differnet times now where quality of life is generally high for most everyone and disposable income is high where most people have insurance to cover significant losses. In this atmosphere today, people don't value property especially small things the same as they used to. Just understand that is wasn't always that way and circumstances are different for some people. A man trying to hold down a job to keep food on the table might need his truck to get to work. He might have a hell of a lot more need or justification to stop a car thief than I would.

I don't want to shoot someone over property, but I can't imagine seeing someone trying to break into my truck and NOT going out armed to stop them or drive them off. Thankfully, I haven't had to deal with that. I guess that is another reason to pay attention to the jurisdiction in which you live and how the local prosecutors treat property owners in such cases.

I don't like thieves. I also don't care for the way this question presented. I get the impression that quite a few people would gladly shoot the thieving bastards if they were confident they would not be prosecuted or sued for it. However, the laws and courts are what they are. If it were legal, do you have an ethical problem with shooting thieves? Given the law and courts as they are, is it worth it? I think that might be a better way to approach it. I am not sure I want to answer that in a public forum though.

The other issue is this: How many times are you going to be in a position to shoot a thief where you can't honestly say your life is threatened? All I can think of is you catch a guy and he runs immediately. Anything short of that and other issues and threats come into play.