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Originally Posted by Crompsin
You should recognize the stink waft coming from those comments, bro. C'mon, man. You know damn well it isn't about the type or value of the property. It is about someone breaking into your house. If they break into your house with a lethal weapon (large knife, firearm) or pose a lethal threat (big man vs. your tiny wife) they should be neutralized. They've already committed two felonies just by showing up in your living room with a weapon.
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That's just it, though. If you're trained with a gun, you know that if you shoot, you shoot to kill. 'Neutralization' would be incapacitating. Shooting is likely to kill. I'm for everyone having tasers/mace/big dog/etc. I'm for everyone having a big door with a dead bolt. I can't imagine ending someone's life because they want my DVD stereo system. The stupid thing was a couple hundred bucks. Just because someone is breaking the law and being an asshole doesn't make his life worth a few hundred bucks.
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Originally Posted by Crompsin
Straight burglary? We've been over this. If they guy is smart enough to case your house... he's smart enough to know when you're not home. Darwin's ideas apply to thieves.
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So if they're stupid they die? I mean you'd have to be an idiot to have such an unstable vocation anyway.
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Originally Posted by Crompsin
You talk about people who have no concept of the value of human life... I assume you mean the homeowners who get scared when someone breaks into their house and get trigger happy. What do you say about the human toilet that is breaking into my house with a Glock in his hand?  C'mon. |
Responding in kind to criminals puts you on equal moral and intellectual standing. Of course they're fucking assholes and idiots for trying to steal my shit. Just because I don't want to kill them doesn't mean I won't try to stop them. San Jose Police have been timed as fast as 45 seconds from call to arrival. My hope would be that the police show up in force and the idiot gives up and is brought to justice.