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.
Not in Texas
Your stuff was purchased with a portion of your life.
No one should be compelled by goverent to meekly watch as a theif takes property.
You are somewhat aptly named.
Fine, you roll over and let them destroy your life and livelihood.
Historically, plenty of people have been shot for larceny and robbery, and will probably remain so in the future.
If you don’t want to get shot, don’t be takin’ what’s not yours.
Taking a man’s tools is taking his lively hood.
Where I currently live, I wouldn’t shoot for theft, but if I lived in actual America, not Woke ass Commie land, I probably would, especially for my tools. Then again, I wouldn’t be worried about theft if I lived in actual America.
“ You do not shoot people for talking your stuff.”
In days gone by, that was certainly true. But now, government stands by and allows criminals to prey on citizens. People with an “extensive criminal record” should not be on the street, they should be on a prison work gang.
When they invade your home/property, they become fair game - I think it it was me, I would have shot him when he “lunged at me with the drill in his hand”....
If it was food, that may be different....
that stuff represents your life. thieves are stealing part of your life... a car... 20,000 dollars of your life to replace, tools 3500 of your life to replace...
So what should he have done if the guy had just continued to load up all his $1000's of tools into the pickup, as well as his lawn motor, standby generator, and his son's motorbike?
Just watch and wave goodbye? And then wait for the police to show up in an hour or so?
Your property was earned with hours of your life. I would agree that property representing negligible value is not worth using force, but when a steady stream of thefts effectively makes you the slave of the thieves, when a significant part of your life goes to recovering from what they take of your life, then I can understand taking action.
If they are taking my “stuff” they are taking my life.
I worked hard long hours, days, years for my property (stuff), if your stealing it you are stealing my life!
If I catch you stealing my “stuff”, you are stealing my life’s work and I will shoot you deader than a well hung ham!
And just as an afterthought, it’s the only way CRIMINALS LEARN!