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Oh. I missed that.Backslider wrote:They left in their own car, not the one they were burglarizing.
I bet the odds for most of them getting away with it are as good as the odds of winning the lottery are bad. (maybe a little exaggeration). I bet that there are thousands of successful crimes for those that are ended by a loud bang.android wrote:I know bad guys are often ignorant and uneducated, but are they aware that citizens in TX are more and more becoming armed and that things turn out badly for them much more frequently now. Do you think they just don't realize how many good guys are armed, or that they just think they will beat the odds?
Don't steal. Problem solved.karl wrote:The suspects may have been stealing a car, but I don't think that gives him the right to shoot them for it.
What part of "Thou Shalt Not Steal" don't they get?Backslider wrote: They left in their own car, not the one they were burglarizing.
Karl,karl wrote: The suspects may have been stealing a car, but I don't think that gives him the right to shoot them for it.
Sure is nice to see someone here who actually understood what the shooting was about.If you watch the video, the police officer interviewed said that they try to run the security guard over with the car and hit him with the car, although he was not injured.
I know many people who feel like this, and I don't fault them for their humanist viewpoint. Sure, we can say it's only a car and it shouldn't cost someone their life. But, I don't want to live in a society where someone can steal, pillage or inflict their unlawful will upon others without KNOWING there is a chance their illegal, immoral and just plain wrong actions MIGHT cost them their lives.karl wrote: The suspects may have been stealing a car, but I don't think that gives him the right to shoot them for it.
I wish those people would put a sign or sticker on their car so the criminals know which ones to target. Everybody wins!bridge wrote:I know many people who feel like this, and I don't fault them for their humanist viewpoint. Sure, we can say it's only a car and it shouldn't cost someone their life. But, I don't want to live in a society where someone can steal, pillage or inflict their unlawful will upon others without KNOWING there is a chance their illegal, immoral and just plain wrong actions MIGHT cost them their lives.karl wrote: The suspects may have been stealing a car, but I don't think that gives him the right to shoot them for it.
This is the one I keep on my car in hopes the bad guys realize if they mess with my beloved truck, there's consequecesboomerang wrote:I wish those people would put a sign or sticker on their car so the criminals know which ones to target. Everybody wins!bridge wrote:I know many people who feel like this, and I don't fault them for their humanist viewpoint. Sure, we can say it's only a car and it shouldn't cost someone their life. But, I don't want to live in a society where someone can steal, pillage or inflict their unlawful will upon others without KNOWING there is a chance their illegal, immoral and just plain wrong actions MIGHT cost them their lives.karl wrote: The suspects may have been stealing a car, but I don't think that gives him the right to shoot them for it.
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bridge wrote:This is the one I keep on my car in hopes the bad guys realize if they mess with my beloved truck, there's consequecesboomerang wrote:I wish those people would put a sign or sticker on their car so the criminals know which ones to target. Everybody wins!bridge wrote:I know many people who feel like this, and I don't fault them for their humanist viewpoint. Sure, we can say it's only a car and it shouldn't cost someone their life. But, I don't want to live in a society where someone can steal, pillage or inflict their unlawful will upon others without KNOWING there is a chance their illegal, immoral and just plain wrong actions MIGHT cost them their lives.karl wrote: The suspects may have been stealing a car, but I don't think that gives him the right to shoot them for it.
). I even tend to give the person displaying it a bit of instant respect. Unfortunately, I am afraid to display it on my car or windows of my home. My reason??? I don't want some bad guy to see that sticker and figure I might just have guns to steal in my home or even stuck under my car seat.
I agree with you there and I think about the risks all the time. It's Darwinism at its finest. A reasonable person sees that sticker and wouldn't need to think twice about it...a bad guy sees it, sees an illegal opportunity...and thus the hurd thins03Lightningrocks wrote:bridge wrote:This is the one I keep on my car in hopes the bad guys realize if they mess with my beloved truck, there's consequecesboomerang wrote:I wish those people would put a sign or sticker on their car so the criminals know which ones to target. Everybody wins!bridge wrote:I know many people who feel like this, and I don't fault them for their humanist viewpoint. Sure, we can say it's only a car and it shouldn't cost someone their life. But, I don't want to live in a society where someone can steal, pillage or inflict their unlawful will upon others without KNOWING there is a chance their illegal, immoral and just plain wrong actions MIGHT cost them their lives.karl wrote: The suspects may have been stealing a car, but I don't think that gives him the right to shoot them for it.
Being a Life member myself I get all tingly in my leg when I see that sticker,(kind of like Chris Mathews does when he sees Obama
