Whenever I’m talking about some scrote getting shot in the act of burgling someone’s house and threatening the homeowner, some bleeding heart always asks the question: “So you think that your TV is more valuable than someone’s life?”
The answer, of course, is that it’s not whether I think that; in fact, it’s the burglar who thinks that the TV is worth more than my life. So as we’ve established that someone thinks that a life is worth less than a TV, it might as well be me who ends the philosophical discussion.
I was reminded of this when reading this happy little tale:
A man who reportedly became angry after being denied alcohol entered a Riverton, Utah, convenience store Friday with a shotgun and was shot dead by a bystander.
Okay, that’s worth some applause all by itself.
However, when the full story is revealed:
KUTV reported the man entered the convenience store and was denied an alcohol sale because he did not have identification. He allegedly responded by confronting the clerk and was then coaxed out of the store by other customers.
KSL noted the man had become “argumentative” and “belligerent” before having to leave the store. He then got into his vehicle and drove around, only to circle back to the store and enter carrying a shotgun, according to the report.
The Gephardt Daily pointed out that an armed bystander engaged the man when he re-entered the store, fatally shooting him.
But wait! There’s MOAR!
One report indicated that two armed bystanders may have fired at the man.
Now go back to my original thesis. Think about it: This asswipe put the value of a bottle of hooch above the cashier’s life. (I know, I know: maybe he just wanted to scare the poor schlub into selling him a bottle of Old Rotgut 2-year-old; but maybe he was that angry and frustrated that he intended to blast the guy into Kingdom Come — we’ll never know.)
So Our Hero (or Heroes? O be still my beating heart) was quite within his rights to see him off; and Anger Boy found out, too late, that the booze wasn’t really worth it.
Scratch one more asshole off the list of Them Wot Needs Killin’.
chlorine to the gene pool!
The only folks that have ever used that”You must value your tv over someones life” line to me have lived very insulated lives. They’ve likely never been beat, or robbed at gunpoint. My answer usually is along the lines of “why should I rely on the character and honor of someone who thinks so poorly of me, he’s breaking into my house”. The next statement is usually “ so, you’d shoot someone breaking into your car”.
“You value your TV over someone’s life?” Your Goddamn right I do. Not my kid’s lives, but Jamaal or Javier, its not even worth a second breath.
I read a “righteous shooting” story a couple of years ago where the perp was stealing a dog. Some commenter brought out the line about valuing things above human life. Yes, life of my dog is valued way above the life of someone who steals dogs.
The wife is out of town, and at 2 AM a loud noise woke me up. I grabbed the 92AF, nothing in the hallway so I worked my way to my closet and traded the 9mm for a 45 AR pistol and a Glock that used the same magazines. In clearing the house I found the culprit. A picture frame fell off the wall as it was being held up by a push pin on sheetrock in the back bedroom on the other end of the house. The pin broke. I was pumped on adrenaline and could not get back to sleep until after 5 so I have had 5 or maybe 6 troubled hours sleep last night.
I have glued the picture frame back together and I have it clamped. I have a piece of glass I can cut to replace the glass that broke. I will have a picture hanging class with my wife of 44 years once again when she returns in a couple of days.
Why take a chance….