Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
Think about this.

You see a man dressed in black crawl out of your neighbors window. You can see they are taking items but your not sure what. Maybe stolen guns to be used in other crimes, maybe just jewelry and a playstation. Not sure but you know its property.

You confront them and tell then to stop. They don't and they run away.

You call the police and they check on your neighbor. They find that they were killed in a struggle with the intruder. Now with nothing to go on but your statement of "a man dressed in black" (We call that "the usual" since that's all we usually get), and not knowing for sure what was taken solving this crime is near impossible.

Despite what CSI shows do on tv we are a for way from that in the real world.

Now back up a bit.

You confront thm and tell them to stop. They don't and they get shot.

You call the police and they check on your neighbor. They find that they were killed in a struggle with the intruder. Now with the criminal dead or in the hospital we know who did it. If they are dead they will never do it again. If just wounded we at least can send them to court for their crimes.


My point is you never know for certain that the criminal is not going to harm you or if they have already harmed another. But you can be sure that if they are not stopped they will commit more crimes. Maybe the next time against you.
Well this is a bit different scenario than I was talking about, because you added in the fact that this guy has already killed.

I still don't think a criminal should be shot for JUST stealing things, even if they are guns. I see what you're trying to say here, but I'm commenting more on the idea that Mr. Joe Blow saw some guy running away with his TV and that he for some reason has the right to shoot.


Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
So drunk you go in the wrong house? Seriously? How does that fit in the convo at all? That belongs on the "Worlds Dumbest" shows.

If you get shot because you are so drunk you go into the wrong house you deserve it.
Not going to lie, I've gone to the wrong house (when I lived in a house) AND wrong building before. They all look the same and I was new to the areas both times.

I hope I'm not one of the "Worlds Dumbest" because I'm headed off to teach this year!!