Please post reasons why it is OK to kill people in defense of property.

[Atypical Liberal]

50. Why it's OK to kill in defense of property.

I believe in having the right to use deadly force to defend property.

Here's why:

Firstly, and most importantly, when you encounter someone in the act of burglary you have no idea what their intentions are. If you find someone in your home, you should assume the worst - that you and your family are in imminent danger. When you discover an intruder that is not the time to play 20 questions with the criminal to try and decide if they are just there for your television or if they also mean to kill people.

But even with the issue of safety aside, the fact of the matter is my property is valuable. It cost me money, and thus by extension, part of my lifetime, to acquire it. My lifetime is precious to me. It is priceless. It is time I will never be able to replace. So when you steal property from me, you are essentially stealing a portion of my life from me.

Then, of course, there is the fact that theft of property can have life-destroying consequences for the victim. If you steal a man's means to provide for himself and his family, you might put him and his family into destitution.

But mostly for me it is principle.

My things are mine. Anyone who would steal from me is showing a complete lack of disregard for me and my family. They have absolutely zero regard for the effort required to obtain the property, nor the emotional and financial strain the theft may put on me and my family. Their victims are entirely inconsequential to them. People who would do this are worthless to me.

Nor do I buy the argument that "no one's life is worth a television", or whatever other piece of property you might name.

It should be common knowledge that thievery can get you shot dead. So if a criminal decides to undertake thievery in spite of that knowledge, then it is a given that the thief has made the decision that his life is worth whatever property he is aiming to steal. If a thief wants to risk his life over my television, then it is he who has set the value of his life equal to my television.