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In article <djKp9GHq#GA.243@newstoo.hiwaay.net>,
  user@somewhere.com (GS) wrote:
> In article <7ik2sf$2ku$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, USA_First <usa_first@my-
deja.com> wrote:
> >In article <374D45B3.E2C70CDB@hotmail.com>,
> >  Gordo <haweatr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> gimme a break, you mean to tell me that if someone was in your
house
> >you'd worry
> >> about the laws you might break BEFORE you'd worry about protecting
> >your
> >> family???
> >
> >
> >An intelligent person might consider all the possible scenarios and
> >plan accordingly.  For instance, if I were to encounter a large,
knife-
> >weilding subject standing 15 feet away who looks at me and begins to
> >close that space, I think pulling the trigger might be justified.
> >However, discovering a 12 year old crawling back out my window with
my
> >27" RCA would be legally and morally irresponsible.  Don't you agree?
> >
> What ever happened to a mans home is his castle.


Nothing.  At the same time we value the above concept, we also value
the precept that we generally do not kill others because they have
committed a theft.


 When I am in my
> home with the doors lock (or unlocked) I have the right to feel safe
> and free from the dangers some people present to myself and my family.


True.  This is why entering under such circumstances is illegal and
punished, although short of the death penalty.


> It really doesn't matter who it is crawling in my window in the middle
> of the night.

Some persons represent more of a threat than others.


 I just pray that I am never faced with the decision to
> shoot a 12 year old.  I have seen quite a few 12 year olds that are
> bigger than I am.  Some more than willing to inflict damage to me
> or my loved ones.


Make hard cases if you wish but the basic idea remains intact.  Unarmed
12 year olds are *generally* less of a threat than armed large male
adults.


 People don't seem to value the reasonable
> desire for their home to be free from fear inflicted by others.
Wheather
> it be burglery or home invasion.
>


Almost any person values what you point out.  The difference might be
that others also value human life, even with it's shortcomings.
Killing a minor theif who represents no articulatable threat might be
justified by your own sense of morality but it fails the rules of U.S.
justice or common decency.

>

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