I'm not in the situation so I can't stand in judgment of the prepared homeowner, but I think that inconveniencing the looters by making them find an unarmed generator owner is only a partial solution.
To Carolan, it is a COMPLETE solution.
True, the scum left the armed only to go seek out easier prey. If dead and left lay, (akin to draping coyotes over fences as warning to others of their ilk) they would have went nowhere and other innocents would have lived.
In such times, forewarned is forearmed, Kill them at the first threat, period.
Well, he could do the unarmed generator owners a favor and gun down anyone who seems to pose a threat. That's a little further than I'd be prepared to go myself. Anyway, I'd be surprised if there were very many unarmed generator owners. If you've got the foresight to provide yourself with a generator, you've probably armed yourself as well. That's what I've done. In fact, I've got a lot of firearms and *two* generators. I figure if things get real bad, I'll want to arm and power a few neighbors so that we can defend an entire area.
Are you saying he should have shot the looters anyway to prevent them from stealing from an unarmed generator owner?
I hope your tongue is in cheek. If not, this is a fine example of bastardizing language for political ends.
No one is *forcing* looters to find unarmed generator owners.
The onus is on looters, not armed generator owners.