No one is going to walk out of my house carrying a TV while I just sit and watch. What kind of obsurd example is this. Maybe I am missing something here but these seems like a real exception to the times someone might have to use force to stop a robbery.
We should be focusing on the other 99% of situations where someone entering your property is perceived as a threat and how you deal with that. Sorry, if I have missed the point here.
That's nothing.
It gets even worse than that.
Some states have an obligation to retreat law.
This means if a perp breaks down your front door and then comes after you in your own house, you are not allowed to shoot unless you cannot run out the back door or jump through a window to escape.
The burglar could just use brute force. Imagine someone the size of an NFL lineman breaks in and walks out with something. How is the average person going to stop them without a gun? In most cases, an average person would even get a bat or a club taken away from them if trying to stop a huge, strong guy with experience in street fighting.
A situation like this would be a really difficult situation. You can't stop the guy without a gun, but since he doesn't have a gun you can't shoot him as he is leaving. I know from reading this thread that TX law seems to allow this, but I wonder if a homeowner would really get away with shooting someone in the back.