When I read this, my jaw just hit the desk. You are advocating the concept
that a life is worth less that a few material goods. Don't you have third
party insurance in the US?

Where I live, we have the highest automobile theft rate in the US. Getting
insurance to cover that is getting to the point it is not affordable. Alot of
people don't have insurance to cover the loss of a car or truck, and if they
lose it, it could be the difference between keeping a roof over thier head and
food on the table.
In my own family, my dad had a 74 F-100, he was getting ready to retire, and
knew that truck would be the last one he most likly ever to be able to get. He
put in a factory new motor, tranmission, every system gone thru to make it like
new. IT was stolen from his driveway less than a yr into his retirment. The
insurance would only pay for a truck that was a rust bucket and was not
reliable enough to go anywhere in. So not only did my dad loose his truck, he
lost his retirment plans, and insurance could not replace the truck with a as
good one.
I may sound callous bout taking a life in the defence of a car or truck, but
the vermin that stole my dads truck did alot more than just steal a truck, they
stole his future.
I don't hunt, because I don't like to kill a creature, be it a deer, rabit,
bird, snake, for sport, but I have no problem taking out a rat or other forms
of vermin, and thieves, either car or house, are a form of vermin.
Matt Gunsch,
A&P,IA,Private Pilot
Riding member of the
2003 world champion drill team
Arizona Precision Motorcycle Drill Team
GWRRA,NRA,GOA