Reply #42: I never said it meant nothing.

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Would I specifically kill someone over a car break in? Probably not, however I would shoot him to stop him or recover my property. If he died in the process, that is his problem, not mine.

It isn't a case of "talking tough". It is a case of protecting myself, my family and my property. I am resolved and prepared to do so. Perhaps you feel this is "talking tough" because you are neither resolved nor prepared to do so and find such conviction threatening? Meh - not my problem.

Do I like the idea? No, of course not. I would much prefer we lived in a world where people respected others and their property. We do not live in that utopia though, so I accept reality as it is and prepare accordingly.