[driftdiver]

The “would you shoot someone over a” property crime seems a common theme these days.

[W.]

I would say “The instant you moved towards me was the moment my no-shoot policy flew out the window!”

[rlmorel]

"...The “would you shoot someone over a” property crime seems a common theme these days..."

That is so true. It is part of the slide away from respecting property rights of any kind, which liberals, socialists and communists all deride.

The right to own property of any kind, and the focus on that is one of the things has made the USA what it is, the respect for that. There was a time that shooting a stranger you found looting your house would not have raised an objection anywhere. Now, you are likely to be the one prosecuted.

[Carl Vehse]

The “would you shoot someone over a” property crime seems a common theme these days.

A person burglarizing a house at night should not be given the time to even ask that question.

[BobL]

“The “would you shoot someone over a” property crime seems a common theme these days.”

Unless the guy is clearly fleeing, as in off your property or about to be off your property, with his back to you, then it stops being a “property crime” once you’re on the scene (assuming he knows that you’re there). It becomes “an encounter” with an UNKNOWN THREAT, and one has to assume worst case.