Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
What was the kid doing in the garage to begin with?
Exactly.
This nonsense about baiting is just that nonsense.
Nobody forced those little punks into his home or garage, they
CHOSE to enter the property. That is trespassing, and the property owner should be able to defend his property with deadly force.
You know those punks were the same ones that repeatedly broke into his home, they got what they deserved and better yet, he save the community from future criminal actions by them.
Do you think he should be executed if he survived and was found guilty of trespassing? Because thats what you are advocating, except without the courts involved. Justifying this kind of paranoid extreme reaction just leads to an incredibly and fundamentally dysfunctional society.
Its one thing to defend yourself from harm. I am not saying you shouldn't be able to do that. But, as others have said, he could not see his target so he had no idea if it was threatening him. If he was scared he should have locked the door and called the police, with the gun ready in case a threat of harm actually materialized. Instead he thought himself judge, jury, and executioner and saw it fit to go above the law and execute a common criminal.
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
What was the kid doing in the garage to begin with?
Exactly.
This nonsense about baiting is just that nonsense.
Nobody forced those little punks into his home or garage, they
CHOSE to enter the property. That is trespassing, and the property owner should be able to defend his property with deadly force.
You know those punks were the same ones that repeatedly broke into his home, they got what they deserved and better yet, he save the community from future criminal actions by them.
Do you think he should be executed if he survived and was found guilty of trespassing? Because thats what you are advocating, except without the courts involved. Justifying this kind of paranoid extreme reaction just leads to an incredibly and fundamentally dysfunctional society.
Its one thing to defend yourself from harm. I am not saying you shouldn't be able to do that. But, as others have said, he could not see his target so he had no idea if it was threatening him. If he was scared he should have locked the door and called the police, with the gun ready in case a threat of harm actually materialized. Instead he thought himself judge, jury, and executioner and saw it fit to go above the law and execute a common criminal.