Hey tattedupboy: First off, let me say that I am glad that the old guy was able to "teach" the young perp a lesson. Having said that, FOR ME, "stuff" is not worth my life or even that of the perp, IF HE IS NOT THREATENING MY LIFE. The old guy did not call 911 but went outside and then, after shooting the young perp, called 911; I have a problem with that even though I support his actions for feeling that he had to protect his property under South Carolina law. The old guy put himself in danger of being killed over "stuff", if the young perp had been more aggressive, and was really on the cusp of being in big time trouble even though "stuff" is good enough in SC; it wasn't however "imminent danger" until the old guy put himself in that position. We can discuss all day and as I said in previous threads--my comments are not meant as being critical of others it is what I WOULD DO OVER STUFF---call 911, get ready to summarize my stuff losses, find the phone number of the insurance company and go from there. If the perp decides that my house has more stuff or if I was in the car or truck at the time or was outside near the truck at the time I would be afraid and truly think I was in mortal danger and I would do exactly what the old guy did but if I am in my house and someone is roaming around outside I would turn lights on, I would call 911, I would yell out, I would activate autoalarm on car or truck but I would not be so inclined to get my gun and go out in the middle of the night to confront some idiot perp who may be high on something, or armed to the teeth, or willing to just shoot on sight over 'stuff".  | 
08-31-2009, 05:25 PM
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