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Originally Posted by Traveler
Yes and generally the way to steal someone's stuff is to break into their home, if you try stop them they may well try kill you.
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They were running away, no one was in danger at that point. He could have just let them run.
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They're not being given the right to act as judge jury and executioner, we all are being given the ability to defend ourselves or someone else, our property or someone else's if we think it neccessary, that's all.
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No, you are in fact being given the right to act as as judge, jury and executioner. Note the bolded part - if you think it's necessary. You're acting as the judge, and you're making the decision that their punishment shall be death.
If someone is breaking in to your house, ok, I have no problem shooting them, especially if you feel your life is threatened & you gave them warning. Actually, scratch that - even if you don't particularly feel threatened, they're trying to break into you home, they deserve to be shot, imo.
However, shooting someone in the back, after the fact, while they're running away... how is your life threatened at that point? It's not. That leaves the property that they're running away with. Is it worth taking someone's life over stolen property? At that point, it's just anger and revenge.