[POLL] Burglar shot, killed by neighbors watching home

You're being intentionally obtuse to make an argument to waste time.

Murder is justified to prevent violent crime from happening. Not to prevent someone from stealing from your neighbor.

 

Fwiw he isn't. If you feel this way then you should have stated it that way the first time. This opinion is different than

 

From my perspective, these laws should a have a very strict "letter of the law" interpretation. If you in the law as written, you should be golden, but IMO, if you step 1 mm out of the strict definitionX it should be capital murder, and the book should be thrown at you.

It seems to me if you are going to take on the responsibility of taking a life, you should be willing to accept the responsibility of knowing and staying within the law. IMO, it should not be a flexible line.

But judges seem to think exactly the opposite is true, giving people a lot of wiggle room, which IMO waters down exactly how serious the decision to shoot is. Ultimately, if they keep watering it down, it may cause a future backlash from the judicial branch.

 

Yea because that single teller or loan officer at your local branch is the one who ruined your 401k

 

They're the worst criminals there are. And they get arrested all the time. But you can't riot about it because it isn't fun news, so we rarely hear about it. They're usually in violation of federal laws. I arrested a lady Sat. night while working the DWI grant. I got a NCIC hit that said she was on supervised release for medicare fraud. Nothing was on her criminal history. Point I'm making is, the feds are quiet about what they do. It would blow your mind to know about what the FBI does on a daily basis.

You're right. Deadly force is the only thing is justified to prevent a burglary. At least in TX.

No, but I play one 168 hours every two weeks.

 

** every two pay periods.

damn they need a edit button

 

It wasn't a serious comment.

 

Home invaders are asking to be shot... Practically begging for it.

 

But again, just because they are putting their lives at risk, doesn't make it justifiable for someone else to kill them(IMO). It doesn't make it okay. In fact it almost makes it worse. Some burglar has it so bad that they need money so much they will put their lives on the line to get it in the incredibly stupid way of burglary. They must be really horrible junkies or have other huge problems.

 

You're exactly the type of person that shouldn't be a cop. This is the guy policing your neighborhood. "The only good thief is a dead thief! Yeeeeeeehaw!" Jesus....

 

What type of person should be a cop then?

 

They should institute the death penalty for anybody that has ever stolen anything.

 

Probably the guy that doesn't think people who commit non-violent crimes should be dead. Wild guess. Probably the guy entrusted by the state to carry a gun and enforce the law that doesn't believe things like that? I dunno. Just spitballing.

 

My bad. Thieves need to be rehabilitated. It's not their fault. Society hasn't challenged them.

 

While not an accurate reflection of anything anyone has ever said in this thread, it is preferable to killing people who commit non-violent crimes. At least that would be true in a slightly more enlightened and civilized society.

 

It's shocking, not really, that as a cop you don't really know what rehabilitation is and why it's preferable to killing people. Carry on wild west, yeeeeeeehaw!

 

Or the lesson could be don't rob unless you're armed and prepared to shoot first yourself.

 

So much for due process.

 

I would hope someone that understands and values due process and someone that isn't encouraging civilians to do his job for him.

 

Ain't going to happen. It doesn't pay enough, and people that have that type of insight would rather have a less stressful job.