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Of course not...

Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on February 19, 2009 at 07:26:00

In Reply to: Burglars come into homes to.... posted by tinear on February 18, 2009 at 22:17:01:

But let me speak to you from a more educated position, because I have represented burglars, and gotten to know them a little. They are generally not very smart, and often do not hide their appearance. They often carry guns, or other weapons, for while they would prefer not to be noticed, they often are, because they are moving around in unfamiliar home that are dark, and often times knock over something that makes sounds, and wakes up people who reside at the home.

So, we have a skittish burglar with a gun, outside of his comfort zone, who does not want to be identified (because, in most jurisdictions, burgling a home with a gun gets you a double digit prison sentence), and will often shoot rather than being identified, or allowing a home owner, or his or her family, from calling the police.

You also have a very nervous family, that may stumble on the burglar by sheer accident, who does not know whether the burglar is carrying a weapon. A reasonable home owner would protect the family from not only real, but very potential, harm will takes measures to protect them from that real or very potential harm, and that includes shooting to kill. I find it hard to believe that if you had a gun available to you, and there was a man inside your house for a criminal purpose, likely carrying a gun, nervous, that you would not protect your family with a gun if available, rather taking a chance that his burglar discovered you and your child before police arrived, and determined that the only way to protect his identity was to shoot you and your child.

Perhaps you would, in which case I'd say that you are potentially sacrificing your child's well being for your beliefs. Your child never had a choice. Obviously, my post never suggested that a burglar would enter a home for the sole purpose to harm a child, and you know it. A burglar WOULD harm a child if doing so furthered his enterprise. I do not own a gun, but if a burglar entered my home, and if I had the opportunity, that burglar would meet the business end of a knife or baseball bat. And that burglar would not get up. My family deserves nothing less. Apparently you feel that your's does.

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