Here is my bottom line on property theft: You are stealing my life. The things I own that weren’t “given” to me cost me hours of my life to obtain.
Those hours I spent obtaining them through hard work, I would MUCH rather have spent with my family or fishing.
I feel NO sympathy for those who steal, ESPECIALLY considering the billions spent every year on charitable resources in this country that insure that NO ONE goes hungry unless they are too lazy to take advantage of said resources.
Bottom line: Stolen property = stolen life...
The person who brought up the example of a hurricane where looters are taking items from a store hit the nail on the head.
If you are stealing something from my store, I have every right to shot you, period.
You nailed it.
I used to believe it was just property until I thought it throught more (and paid taxes etc). That being said, I would not shoot someone over a case of beer, but can understand this guy doing so, especially if he had been robbed before.
Two places I ALWAYS carry without exception: convenience stores and ATM’s.
What is your cost between the case of beer and the cost of a lawyer? How much of your life are you willing to spare to the police, the D.A., the Grand Jury and your lawyers?