Stealing tools is stealing a man’s livelihood. What SHOULD happen to the thief should be lingering.
Sounds like the homeowner was handling it the way he wanted to, he might be the type that likes a little dangerous physicality, and he had the pistol if needed.
I live in Texas. I have the legal right to use deadly force against an individual robbing my property. I will not use that right as the concept of killing a man or woman over property is not worth it. In Texas I have the total right of Castle Doctrine. I have the right of using deadly force against an intruder or one that is a threat to me on my property. I will use every skill I have to kill you. I am very adept with lethal weapons. I wish not to use them. I will use them in an instant to a mortal threat.
Concrete floor, should have just shot him.
You do not shoot people for talking your stuff. you shoot people trying to take your life or the life of loved ones and the life of people around you.
Shoot the thieves and put their heads on a pike. Criminals are way too coddled. We use to hang people for thievery.
The MSM wants us to let criminals rob us or whatever they have planned. We can’t risk stopping them so we’ll just have to enable them.
And no, protecting yourself is NOT vigilantism, as much as the left would like to mislabel it and redefine it to be so to strip us of our right to defend ourselves and our property.
The left wants social chaos and mayhem. It’s a way they try to force people into giving them control in exchange for safety.
What a garbage POV by this article’s sneaky author...
Should have shot to kill. Never shoot a warning shot.
It wasn’t a warning shot, he just missed him.
Tools are potential weapons. The homeowner would’ve been within his rights to ventilate the perp right there.
...so he should have shot him in the garage?
If you need to fire a warning shots but they are illegal in your state, just remember to say “oops!” afterwards.
cpdiii “,,,killing a man or woman over property is not worth it.”
The Sentient Sheep “You do not shoot people for talking your stuff.”
Shooting someone over property seems to be generally frowned upon legally and socially, but there’s more to it than an offense against the property owner.
Ownership of property is part of the foundation of civilized society and property offenses are not just an offense against the property owner but an attack on the foundations of civilized society.