I suspect it’s been common throughout human history to kill (or attempt to kill) a stranger who steals from you. I think as our civil society breaks down and folks feel less and less like the government will control this sort of behavior, natural impulses will take over. What’s not to understand?
You know I just said that the other day - that as things progress, look for LESS tolerance for these kinds of things. My point is that, if I take a pistol, point it at a guy who is stealing my beer, and ask myself can I shoot a man, possibly kill him, or let the beer go? I would have to let the beer go, I just couldn’t trade a man’s life for that. But then the article says he’s been robbed at gun point and his employees threatened, so he likely saw something more sinister in this robber