A guy really ought to be able to shoot thieves. I view it as a disincentive for future acts.
Only in Texas.
In Virginia we have a “duty to retreat”, I can’t legally shoot until I’m cornered.
Indeed, criminals dying in the commission of their crimes (at the hands of their intended victims) isn’t a bad thing.
That goes for rioters and looters especially.
Oddly, some of the same people I’ve encountered who maintain that you should not be able to kill a criminal in the commission of a crime over mere property will, when pressed on abortion, finally fall back on her body:her property.
Wow!
Thieves are now considered “protected class”.