Reply #25: Again, you let the police handle the situation.

[MadHound]

We have no clue from this article whether or not this congregation did indeed try to enlist the help of the police. If they had all this great information as to when, where, how the burglar would strike, why not turn it over to the cops, let them do their job?

Instead, you're advocating vigilante justice, mob rule. What's next, winging your neighbor with a .22 because he keeps playing his stereo too loud.

And frankly, putting yourself in a position of danger is a foolish thing to do unless absolutely neccessary. What if this man and his accomplice had a couple of guns? The parishoners would have looked mighty foolish, and mighty dead, showing up to a gun fight equipped only with baseball bats.

But then again, judging from the tenor of your post, you probably think that the parishoners should have brought guns along and popped the burglar a couple of times, whether he happened to be armed or not:eyes:

Oh, and what is the penalty for burglary? Five to ten, somewhere around there, certainly not getting the shit beat out of you with baseball bats.