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Newspapers (some at least, I've only read a couple) are reporting it as "Move and your dead" .... I dunno.

I'm curious to hear how more people feel. I just can't get behind the absolute assertion that the guy was wrong. And I really don't think this is a strong case for gun control, or at least, not as strong as some people seem to think.

The guy realy sounds to me like he felt he didn't have a choice - he felt duty-bound to try and stop the thieves. He may well be an idiot, and he may really have been wrong. But I listen to the tape and it's just not so simple for me.

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Do you really think the neighbor's VCR was worth the lives of two men? This guy did. He thought about it, the 911 operator urged him repeatedly to cool down, and then he decided that yes, he should kill (or run a very high risk of killing) two people to save his neighbor's stuff. That's evil and depraved. Valuing consumer electronics over people's lives is exactly the sort of thing we need to be locking people up for.

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"Do you really think the neighbor's VCR was worth the lives of two pieces of trash?"

Did the two robbers think their lives were worth a VCR? They made the choice to steal and they paid the price. Do you think anyone will steal from that neighborhood again in the next 5 years?

edit: They knew they could get shot in texas (or anywhere else) by breaking in to someones house and they did it anyway. Also he told them not to run and they ran, i wish the guy was my neighbor so i didnt have to lock my doors when i leave.