Wonder if you would say that if it was YOUR stuff being stolen. If you would steal "to save life" as you put it, then you would probably steal for a lesser cause, especially if it could be called "saving life".
Stealing is stealing, no matter who does it to whom.
When the government commandeers private property and then compensates the owners later, that is not stealing. The Constitution provides for that.
I understand what you are saying, its just frustrating seeing whats going on there. It seems like no one is doing anything about it. They are living in a survival of the fittest situation at the moment, and in those situations, unfortunately, all bets are off when it comes to living or dying.