07-03-2008, 08:55 AM
This is one screwed up issue.
On the one hand, had these guys broken into his house and were in his house, I have no problem with lethal force behing used. You break into someone's house, you pay the price. The homeowner has no idea if this person is here to steal, rape, or murder, and me personally I'm not going to wait to find out.
However, the point of all that is to defend your life. So if I show up with the gun, and they run away, then I've done my part. At that point I don't think you can run them down and shoot them. I think this guy stepped over the line.
I have no love lost for criminals, and had this guy come home and they had raped his wife or daughter or something, even that I could buy. But this guy I think went too far and gives law abiding gun owners a bad name.
On the one hand, had these guys broken into his house and were in his house, I have no problem with lethal force behing used. You break into someone's house, you pay the price. The homeowner has no idea if this person is here to steal, rape, or murder, and me personally I'm not going to wait to find out.
However, the point of all that is to defend your life. So if I show up with the gun, and they run away, then I've done my part. At that point I don't think you can run them down and shoot them. I think this guy stepped over the line.
I have no love lost for criminals, and had this guy come home and they had raped his wife or daughter or something, even that I could buy. But this guy I think went too far and gives law abiding gun owners a bad name.