[originalbuckeye]

Absolutely. My older brother, an arrested development hippie from the 60's, and I had an argument decades ago about this. He said then that excessive force shouldn't be used just because someone was stealing from you. I asked 'how would you know if the robbers had a gun or not?'. Logic doesn't live in the brain of any Libs/Progressives/Socialists/Communists.

[tioga]

If that boy waited to see if they would kill him or just rob him it would be too late.

[Qiviut]

He said then that excessive force shouldn’t be used just because someone was stealing from you.

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Over the years, we’ve had at least 3 notorious incidents of criminals breaking into houses & committing horrific murder .... why should a criminal breaking in get the benefit of the doubt? My attitude is that if someone breaks into my home, they have already demonstrated a complete lack of respect for the law, for the property of others and how am I to know if that extends to a lack of respect for human life? I don’t need to know if they have a gun ... or if they will pick up something in the house such as a knife, or a baseball bat, or a golf club, or a fireplace poker, even a belt or zip ties, etc. If they set foot in my home under those circumstances, I fear for my life and will defend it and I won’t be asking questions or looking to see if they are “armed” first.

[Graybeard58]

He said then that excessive force shouldn’t be used just because someone was stealing from you

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A few years back my bicycle was stolen. Had I caught the thief in the act, I would have shot him/her.

That wasn’t just any bicycle, that was my bicycle.