you are correct... we are different: I know what money is.
my next TV, when I get around to it, shall cost about $2,000.00USD
call that 250 working hours spent to aquire that sum (minus Uncle's cut).
call that five weeks of my productive life, gone, essentially enslaved to the whim of a thief.
when a man breaks into my home and enslaves me, he becomes a tyrant and loses all claims to a right to my sufferance of his existence.
death to such a tyrant.
so should it ever be for tyrants.
OK, say I go downstairs with my .44, see a guy with my $2000 tv. I tell him to put it down, he doesn't, I shoot him.
1) He drops the tv - $2000 replacement cost
2) At less than 10', the .44 goes through him, and at the least, puts a big hole in the wall, probably some furniture with it.
3)I have to repair the hole, and replace any damaged furniture
4) I have to replace the carpet
5) I have to paint the walls
6) I will have legal fees
7) I will lose time from work
8) My homeowners doesn't cover this
Much more than $2000, much more than your 250 hrs. Unless you have to feel what it is like to kill someone, it just doesn't make sense to shoot the guy. I don't need that feeling.