The topic is not about protecting your loved ones with lethal force, rather those inanimate objects of neighbors or even strangers, with lethal force.

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I specifically said i WOULDN'T.

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Actually, you didn't:

"Probably not." That surely leaves open the possibilty that you would.

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believe what you want pram. I'm done with you.

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In case you were wondering, yes, there really ARE more idiots these days....technology has made natural selection obsolete.

You're the one who wrote it, not me.

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Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

Damn liberal.

LOL Nah, just don't like the idea of killing over a television or stereo. I promise that I'd kill ANYONE that presented a threat of bodily harm to me or mine though!

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I feel the exact same way! That said, it seems theres more reason to copy the TX property defense laws in Denmark than elsewhere.

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So he arrested them (citizen's arrest) and then executed them? Not according to the article. If you could only use force against someone that is equivalent to or less than that which is allowed by law as punishment for their actions, then self-defense would pretty much be impossible because the death penalty (as far as I'm aware) is only used for murder. Thus, you would not be able to defend yourself until after you are murdered (making it impossible).

This isn't a case of the Texan "punishing" the criminals. It is a case of his using force to stop them. For example, the North Hollywood shootout only resulted in the deaths of the perpetrators. Does that mean nobody was justified in using force to stop them (since, as you say, their acts technically did not invoke the death penalty)?

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You're not killing them over the TV or stereo - you're recovering your property. If the robber ends up dead in the process, too fucking bad.

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Imagine you fail to make the payments for your car. Should the repo man be allowed to kill you, if you prevent him from doing his job?

Huh? You're saying that by killing him we're preventing the thief from doing his job?

Are you really not seeing how self-conflicting that statement is?

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Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

If the man's original intention was to simply hold the thieves at gunpoint until police arrived and then he actually did come almost face to face with them and was forced to shoot when they lunged at him then I think he is justified. If he had an original intention of killing them regardless then he probably wasn't justified. I think it is the intention that this man had that makes the difference in this case.

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Completely different situation, and covered under a completely different set of laws.

On the other hand, if i were "appropriating" a replacement vehicle from someone and they decided i didnt get to take that car home that day, I would expect to be shot over it, yes.

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