On Thursday, October 31, 2013 02:22:40 PM Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 03:38:12PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Case 1: I find that someone in my family who lives in my house has > > rumaged through my underwear drawer. A violation of trust has > > occurred. I am unhappy and will talk with them and give them a harsh > > lecture. This is not appropriate behavior. > > > > Case 2: I find someone who is not a member of my family and who does > > not live in my house and who I don't know has rummaged through my > > underwear drawer. A very serious crime has been committed. I live in > > a state where I am fully legally protected if I shoot them dead. > : > :( > > And yet you can't shoot the family member? I think most murders are > actually committed by family members against other family members, if my > memory serves me correctly. > > So you could shoot kids in halloween costumes for illegally being on > your property?
An uninvited stranger in someone's home rifling through the occupants' belongings should expect to have a short life expectancy. There is a certain amount of responsibility involved before one exercises the power to use arms (with rights come responsibilities). But we begin to digress from this list's purpose. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201310311514.05426.neal.p.mur...@alum.wpi.edu
