[stuartcr]

That's the way it should be. I would never shoot anyone inside my home if he were just stealing something and not presenting a danger to life.

[MineralMan]

"I would never shoot anyone inside my home if he were just stealing something and not presenting a danger to life.
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Really? And you know the person's intentions how exactly in a darkened home? You know that the person is unarmed? You know that he means you no harm?

I advise that you rethink this position, just in case. Of course, if you are not armed in your home, or your firearms are locked away and not immediately accessible, it's a moot point, anyhow. I suspect that to be the case.

[King Prout]

all theives of individual's property should be killed.

in stealing a material possession or money from an individual, they rob the victim of portions of life: that portion of life traded to acquire the possession or money, and that portion of life to be traded to replace it.

time is the one resource you can never replace, and never know how much you have left until you zero your account.

anyone who takes time from me in that manner is a dead man.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

One small question Stuart.

If you can read the guys mind well enough to KNOW he's not planning to do you any harm, why don't you just set the items he wants on the porch so he doesn't have to come inside?

If someone is entering your house uninvited, you can be certain they don't have your best interests at heart. Even if they only PLAN to take your money and valuables, plans change, especially in the adrenaline charged environment of a robbery.

If you can cower in a back room where you won't be seen, thats fine. Odds are you won't be hurt, but if you have children or a wife, the time it takes to gather them up and escort them to the cower corner is time you're exposing yourself and them to discovery.

Fear makes people do unexpected and often irrational things, like attack the source of the fear. If the criminal sees you escorting your brood, odds are just as good he's going to attack you as they are he's going to flee.


If you enter my home uninvited, you've signed your death warrant. After I put several .45 caliber holes in your chest and head, I'm going to have a shaking session that keeps me from dialing the phone lasting just long enough to assure you've stopped breathing before I call 911.

My life and my families lives are much more important that any other life on the planet.