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BobCat wrote: I didn't write the following, but it is worth passing along to those who treasure their pets:
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To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets:

1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture).
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.
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I may have to make a nice actual sign for my front door when I get another pet. It spells out how I feel perfectly.

Pets are family in my eyes. They get defended just like the kids.

I see and respect your points of view and personal decisions. It shows how much respect you have for human life despite the circumstances. You all are definitely a rare breed and the attitude you posess would do well to spread across America. Unfortunately that has not happened yet....

In the old days, you stole, you got your hands chopped off or worse. Seeing as the criminals haven't changed much(except maybe becoming less intelligment and more overt), I don't see why the reaction should. They made a personal decision to invade my property and steal from me. The consequences are theirs to deal with.

Does that mean I'll always shoot someone for trying to break into the car? No. But I won't rule it out every time either. Its always going to be a situational thing.

You guys are more forgiving than I am. The law is pretty clear. Not going to strike up a conversation if I wake up to a guy breaking into my car.

Although in my situation the insurance money would be welcomed......