05-15-2009, 05:34 PM
Dan, I don't think anyone should be required to identify if they have an arsenal on their property or not. In fact, folks who don't own weapons are safer because of neighbors who do, since a stranger passing thru wouldn't know which house is armed or unarmed.
In a case like this, neighborhood like that, we can only use our own judgement, try to come up with some other scenario, has anyone offered any other reason this visitor would have been there? Why that house way up in HOVE when the intruder was from Milolii?
In the case of someone who has a record with so many violations, let's try to estimate just how much he has cost society in general, not to mention the direct victims of his crimes: devaluation of certain neighborhoods, increased family income spent on home security or firearms, lost productive time for innocent citizens in dealing with these losers, ... in the case of business's: loss of customers due to fear when such losers are hanging around, increased security, increase armor at your perimeters, perhaps having to close early each day for fear of one of these losers catching you there alone at night. . .
The fact that he shot in the back may be a little disturbing at first, but someone leaving can still pose a threat. Perhaps words were exchanged, the tresspasser knows who and where YOU and YOUR FAMILY are, and you don't know where they are or when they are coming back. The homeowner's guilt cannot be determined on that basis alone.
As long as this guy identified the tresspasser correctly, he did us all a favor. If he made a mistake and shot a decent citizen, a neighbor or passer-by looking for help, my analysis will be different.
In a case like this, neighborhood like that, we can only use our own judgement, try to come up with some other scenario, has anyone offered any other reason this visitor would have been there? Why that house way up in HOVE when the intruder was from Milolii?
In the case of someone who has a record with so many violations, let's try to estimate just how much he has cost society in general, not to mention the direct victims of his crimes: devaluation of certain neighborhoods, increased family income spent on home security or firearms, lost productive time for innocent citizens in dealing with these losers, ... in the case of business's: loss of customers due to fear when such losers are hanging around, increased security, increase armor at your perimeters, perhaps having to close early each day for fear of one of these losers catching you there alone at night. . .
The fact that he shot in the back may be a little disturbing at first, but someone leaving can still pose a threat. Perhaps words were exchanged, the tresspasser knows who and where YOU and YOUR FAMILY are, and you don't know where they are or when they are coming back. The homeowner's guilt cannot be determined on that basis alone.
As long as this guy identified the tresspasser correctly, he did us all a favor. If he made a mistake and shot a decent citizen, a neighbor or passer-by looking for help, my analysis will be different.