Tophat665

Matter of proportion, though. Robbery thwarted may be worth jail time or a permanenet limp, but when you kill a man (to borrow a phase from Eastwood) you take away everything he is and everything he was ever gonna be. Castle Doctrine is all fine and well, and I do hope that it will have a deterrant effect, but unless you're in immanent danger of loss of life, or have a reason to suspect that you might be, then killing is probably an overreaction.

Not saying I wouldn't be inclined to overreact to the guy who broke into my house and didn't show his hands when I bent his knee backwards, but there you have it.

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