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In reply to the discussion: Please post reasons why it is OK to kill people in defense of property. [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,538 posts)122. Oh my!
A bit broadly brushed pejorative labeling and suggesting that crime be without recourse; how Chairman Mao of you.
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Please post reasons why it is OK to kill people in defense of property. [View all]
digonswine
Dec 2011
OP
You could sell a few of your guns instead of shooting an unarmed man rummaging through carport.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#22
One-eyed, the world is not out to get you. Put your guns down for a week and enjoy life.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#120
Actually, I'm suggesting it sounds like Newt saying 5 year olds can clean bathrooms.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#132
The decision whether to shoot, or even the ability shoot another person is very situational
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2011
#15
If someone is on my property without my permission and/or has come into my house uninvited
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 2011
#9
If you have $100K worth of tools, I think I'd buy some insurance -- and not an S&W.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#23
He also seems to assume that insurance will always fully replace ones' losses.
PavePusher
Dec 2011
#25
Oh, so it's OK to shoot unarmed person as soon as you calculate potential insurance coverage?
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#100
I have a friend with well over 100k in tools....he has plenty of S&W's, alarm and video monitoring.
ileus
Dec 2011
#89
Now that's the kind of gun owner I grew up with -- and helped me realize we gotta problem.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#102
In Ohio, if an home or occupied vehicle is broken into then justified self defense is presumed.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2011
#34
I would say that some form of agression is required on the part of the robber.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2011
#44
My opinion is that it is not OK to shoot people in defense of property...Period. n/t
Bonhomme Richard
Dec 2011
#31
There is at least one state, TX, that makes provisions for using lethal force to stop prop. crimes
aikoaiko
Dec 2011
#32
Premise appears generally flawed in that the victim will have zero idea...
LanternWaste
Dec 2011
#46
I have no duty to wait until I am attacked before taking action to defend my health and property.
PavePusher
Dec 2011
#59
I have been giving a lot of thought to this thread since I posted last
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 2011
#87
My police department is 3 minutes down the road... so I'd guess 5-10 mins.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2011
#88
When I called about my last two vehicle break-ins in my driveway, the police never came.
PavePusher
Dec 2011
#91
Apparently there is a policy that they have to show up for stolen firearms. (Tucson, AZ)
PavePusher
Dec 2011
#96
If the property is replaceable, regardless of cost, then killing for it is rarely justified.
Starboard Tack
Dec 2011
#68
No, at that point he is no longer a danger to you. If you shoot then YOU are in the wrong.
oneshooter
Dec 2011
#98
My home is a physical manifestation of the portion of my life that I have spent working
slackmaster
Dec 2011
#81
Only way that would work is if the criminal was nice enough to leave a warning note.
Clames
Jul 2012
#148