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ORIGINAL: Lucienne I am of the opinion that no matter how hard you worked to earn your stuff, your stuff is not more valuable than human life. I don't feel sorry for the intruder who gets shot. And I don't feel sorry for the homeowner who goes to jail for killing someone over their stuff. It's pretty damn easy to feel that your life is threatened when you've got a stranger with felonious intent in your home. I don't understand why people can't be satisfied with the defense of their lives and the lives of others... why they've got to go all bloodthirsty over personal property. But here's what one needs to understand... How do you know it's just personal property? First, the criminal breaks into a house at a time when most people would be at home, so anyone with half a brain could assume people would be in the house, not just personal property. You want property without people, break into an empty store. Second, the criminal thought enough of how he would deal with those people should he encounter them by bringing weapons with him. One can only safely assume the weapons were there to harm the people possibly encountered. Third, one cannot know the mental state of the criminal. Drugs and/or alcohol involved? How many times do we have to hear about some unarmed convenience store clerk being gunned down after offering the robbers all the property and money they want? It is irresponsible to assume that someone breaks into your home at an hour when you are most likely to be home and that the criminal will just take a few items out of one area of your home and go happily off into the night. Oh, and btw, my dad didn't have any handguns in our home when I was growing up and he still taught me that all guns are loaded, all the time, even when they are being cleaned. Guns are always loaded. Period. He also taught me that you can drown in an inch of water and that every driver on the road is drunk and/or stupid. Responsible parenting.
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