Comments on: UPDATED: All Burglars Are Home Invaders (Property Über Alles)

By: John Danforth

John Danforth — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 03:27:36 +0000

Regarding property deeds in most jurisdictions in the U.S.:

You don’t own it. You rent it.

By: John Danforth

John Danforth — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 03:25:52 +0000

A ‘robbery gone bad’ is when I get to my gun before the robber can do me in.

And my guns are NOT in a safe.

Remember this mantra: “He said he was going to kill me and I thought he was reaching for a gun.”

By: My RON PAUL i

My RON PAUL i — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:23:51 +0000

The Supremes in 2005 made two infamous decisions: Kelo and Raich. In Kelo, they decided that property was something that could be heisted by the government at will

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London

But if Scalia had his way in both cases, you could KEEP YOUR HOME but you could not use your home to grow medicine in it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalez_v._Raich

In fact, when the government “allows” (e.g. financially coerces) us to have 401 K accounts, they then set up “rules” on how to dispose of our property. I’m not sure how to disentangle property from liberty – perhaps our “argument” is mainly SEMANTIC but whose 401 k, house, … etc. is it – mine or “the people’s”??? A title deed without the liberty to do what I wish with MY property is just paper!

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:35:49 +0000

Regarding the “Jean Valjean” theory of burglary, I like to refer to Deuteronomy 15:

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Deuteronomy-Chapter-15/

If American follow a moral code and a regimen of freedom and individual rights, INCLUDING THAT OF PROPERTY, we will have great abundance (see 15:4-6).
There will still be needy people (sick, blind, mentally retarded, etc.) per verse 15:11.
Now, keep in mind that, thanks mainly to the free enterprise system, a pound of turkey bologna can be bought for $1 – which can probably feed a person his caloric needs for a day. Multiply by 365 and 30 million assuming 30 million incapable of feeding themselves and you can feed every needy person in America for under $ 11 Billion, roughly 10% of our current annual Afghanistan misadventure.

My point is that “robbing for bread” as well as the government-mandated Welfare State is not necessary. It is the result of a dysfunctional culture.

By the way, Exodus 22:2 also deals with the basis of the Castle Doctrine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine

Life, Liberty, and Property are all fundamental – take one leg of the stool away and the whole edifice crumbles.

By: JD Hicks

JD Hicks — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:29:05 +0000

A robbery gone bad is another part of the brainwashing of the sheeple, it’s code for if you’ll just submit, felons wont hurt you. After all, we know from our public school education its always better to be a victim than to harm a criminal who may have let you live.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:12:24 +0000

If you are reasonably in fear for your life or of serious bodily harm you are clear to protect your life however you can. Obviously if an old lady or handicapped person or some otherwise limited individual attacks an able bodied person he doesn’t have the clearance for deadly force.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:02:06 +0000

Anything is possible but here in Tennessee if a homeowner or otherwise legitimate resident has acted with prudence they are usually allowed their rights by the authorities. In fact I can’t remember a resident being prosecuted under those conditions. This isn’t the east or west coast.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:59:01 +0000

In Florida, there is a CASTLE LAW as well as a A STAND YOUR GROUND and, in fact, recently an older gentleman witnessed his neighbor’s house being burglarized, so, he shot one of the burglars…too bad for the burglar.

Too many people think the world is DISNEY-esqe and that these atrocities happen only in movies. Thus, they hold themselves above the fray, unarmed and untrained, thinking make-nice smiles, talk, and manners will keep them unharmed.

The cure: Go visit a high security prison for sadistic, violent Lifers and I’ll wager you piss your pants within the first 5 minutes…OPEN YOUR EYES.

My grandpa’s solution…..GUILLOTINE.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:44:16 +0000

If he's in my house without invitation he is invading it. I don't inquire if he has a gun or a knife or a feather duster. I don't know what he wants or what he is willing to do to get it. His final moments on earth will be spent being dog bitten and shot because of his bad judgment, not mine. I don't plan to put my life and welfare or the life and welfare of a family member at the mercy of some thug. It's on his head, not mine. [But you might go to jail.]