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Originally Posted by ratbastid
So... Despite what the experts say (and like it or not, the police ARE the experts when it comes to dealing with crime--a police officer will deal with 100 times more crime this month than you'll deal with in your lifetime), you're saying they're wrong?
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Police are experts when it comes to dealing with crime on the street. There is
no cop alive that is more expert than I when it somes to protecting what is mine, inside my home, and that includes my possessions as well as the lives of the ones I love.
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Look, what's more valuable, your home or your life? If somebody wants my physical posessions and had a weapon capable of depriving me of my life, I'm not going to try anything heroic to keep what I own.
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You are right, my life (or the lives of family) is far more important. But, what is more important - my possessions or a criminals life? If he is standing in my living room, ready to take my possessions? The smallest thing I own becomes far more valuable than his miserable life.
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Heroic, macho (right-wing) chest-thumping gets people killed. Does that mean I'm willing to roll over and be a victim? Absolutely not. But I'd rather deal with crime on a sociological level. Once somebody's actually burgling your actual home, it's a little too late to deal with it well in my book.
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Right again, but the sociological level deserves a chance only while crime remains on the street, out there where the cops are the experts. If a person has problems get help and deal with it, whether they do it voluntarily or it must be done by force. Once a criminal crosses my threshold uninvited, it becomes my choice on how to deal with crime.