“Killing to defend property is never justified in my opinion.”
That sentence is loaded with bad logic, accompanied with deficient/insufficient American history.
Horse thieves were hung because loss a horse could cause the death or impoverishment of the horse owner.
Consider what happens when a car is stolen. If the owner can’t afford insurance, he is afoot. Loss of job follows rapidly, followed with homelessness.
All of the above because we forgot that the Founders knew - “When property is not considered semi-sacred, horrid mischief will ensure”.
May I suggest rereading writings of Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Adams (both of them), etc.?
I am well aware that horse thieves were hung. Just because there was an historical precedent, doesn’t make it right. In my opinion, there is no moral justification to kill over property. Human life is more sacred than property....period!