It’s a rhetorical question, meant to be absurd. The obvious answer is “No”, followed by examination of why it’s different. A significant percentage of the urban St. Louis population are gang members, and current or former criminals, quite capable of posing a real threat; they even dress to identify themselves as same, as a form of threat. We can’t shoot them on sight, legally, unless they are doing something specific that actually threatens your life and limb. In my opinion, pilfering from your car 70 feet away completely sucks, but absent threats, going for a weapon, etc., does not present an immediate mortal danger.
If your opinion is otherwise, that’s fine. Let’s not waste further time on this.
Sounds like St. Louis has gone to blazes.