There is much more at stake here than the value of the contents of the bag(what WOULD be the price equal to a human life?). You or I may decide not to fire in such a situation but what is really at issue is the sanctity of the ‘castle’. Declare that the spoils of burglary are not worth shooting over and you and I de facto don’t actually own anything. (including our homes and cars)
In light of the recent events in which a Washington Pro football player was killed in Florida; I would say you make a pretty good point.
I honestly don’t know if I would have fired or not. All I know is that I would not have exposed myself, and if I did fire it would have been from inside the house. There is a patch of woods behind this house (nice neighborhood) and when he went outside he had no idea what might be behind him. He saw 2 burglars, but I have seen too much of this kind of thing to make any assumptions there aren’t more waiting in the wings.
There might have been in this case, unless these guys were crackheads or something. I am thinking there had to be someone around to shuttle them away with their booty.
If not, they would have to be very stupid, or like I said, crackheads, to think they are going to carry their bag of booty on foot, in broad daylight, in this rather affluent neighborhood and not be caught........or shot. :)