"It's very disheartening when they (thieves) do get caught and the judges don't give them any time."

Do people who shoot thieves get time in South Carolina?

"We've had a Ford pickup truck stolen. We've had a van stolen. We've had a walking floor trailer stolen, and we've had people who've tried to steal radiators out of the trucks,

How the fark do you get these stolen from you?

Death is totes the right punishment for stealing a car.

loveblondieo: "We've had a Ford pickup truck stolen. We've had a van stolen. We've had a walking floor trailer stolen, and we've had people who've tried to steal radiators out of the trucks,

How the fark do you get these stolen from you?

You know theives always start small and work their way up. Next thing you know, they're stealing stadiums and quarries.

Suicide note by an Exxon station owner?

Okay, you know you need to get through training and orientation to enact justice as a Judge, right?

It might make them think twice.

loveblondieo: "We've had a Ford pickup truck stolen. We've had a van stolen. We've had a walking floor trailer stolen, and we've had people who've tried to steal radiators out of the trucks,

How the fark do you get these stolen from you?

You are not dealing with the brightest bulb in the lot.

HA! I grew up with the station's anchor!

loveblondieo: "We've had a Ford pickup truck stolen. We've had a van stolen. We've had a walking floor trailer stolen, and we've had people who've tried to steal radiators out of the trucks,

How the fark do you get these stolen from you?

For the $75,000 he lost, he could have probably afforded a decent fence and security system.

When I'm shopping, I always look for the store with the "Thieves will be shot" sign.
I know the chances of being mistaken for a thief are pretty low, but I do like just a little bit of danger.

Soooo...premeditated murder?

hillbillypharmacist: Death is totes the right punishment for stealing a car.

So, devils advocate time...

Who says that the theft of my car is any less important than the theft of anything else or anyone else's possessions?  I've worked honestly and hard to be able to buy my car, I need my car to get to and from work, run errands, and to experience life.  The very act of stealing my car is prohibiting me from doing what I need to do in my life, and prohibiting me from enjoying my life the way I want to...you are negatively affecting my livelihood and my ability to get around in a meaningful way.

What is valuable to me, may not be as valuable to you and vice versa, that being said,who are you to tell me that my possessions are not worth defending if someone is trying to take them from me?
If you are willing to steal a car, you have to accept the possibility that the car you are stealing means a lot to the person it is getting stolen from.

NeoCortex42: loveblondieo: "We've had a Ford pickup truck stolen. We've had a van stolen. We've had a walking floor trailer stolen, and we've had people who've tried to steal radiators out of the trucks,

How the fark do you get these stolen from you?

For the $75,000 he lost, he could have probably afforded a decent fence and security system.

Yeah, a fence might be in order here. You won't stop all the theft, but a good fence will put a nice dent into it.

Brockalisk: I see you're bringing the white guy perspective.

[sad laugh]

Oh, for sure.

Katolu: Endive Wombat: hillbillypharmacist: Death is totes the right punishment for stealing a car.

So, devils advocate time...

Who says that the theft of my car is any less important than the theft of anything else or anyone else's possessions?  I've worked honestly and hard to be able to buy my car, I need my car to get to and from work, run errands, and to experience life.  The very act of stealing my car is prohibiting me from doing what I need to do in my life, and prohibiting me from enjoying my life the way I want to...you are negatively affecting my livelihood and my ability to get around in a meaningful way.

What is valuable to me, may not be as valuable to you and vice versa, that being said,who are you to tell me that my possessions are not worth defending if someone is trying to take them from me?
If you are willing to steal a car, you have to accept the possibility that the car you are stealing means a lot to the person it is getting stolen from.

Insurance will compensate you for your loss. Will you compensate the family of the person you kill?

He'll probably let the keep the scrap value of the metal he gave the thief.

Good for him. Some people need to be reminded that actions have consequences.

Gunslinger013: I'm glad someone mentioned the family. Maybe if the family would teach their children it is wrong (and dangerous) to steal the property of others we wouldn't have this problem.

FARK YOU AND YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!!!!

Congrats, business owner!  You just upped the chances of you going to jail if you ever do shoot anyone.

"I was in fear of my life, so I shot him."
"We don't believe you because you've previously bragged you'd shoot any thief just for stealing, so hope you like prison rape."

Katolu: Insurance will compensate you for your loss. Will you compensate the family of the person you kill?

But my car/stolen item holds sentimental value to me that cannot be equated in monetary terms.  Why should I have to?  It is not my problem that their family member chose to do something illegal and got killed in the process...

Why should I have to compensate a thief's family?  What, the family relied on stolen goods as a from of income, and now that I've taken out the main breadwinner, the family is now at a loss and has to find real jobs?

NeoCortex42: For the $75,000 he lost, he could have probably afforded a decent fence and security systembig dog.

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