I'm defending the intruder, not because what he did was acceptable, but because the owner commited a horrific act against a person. Whether that person is goodnight not doesn't effect the fact that he was given that treatment by another human with a completely unjustified reason...
B & E's happen all over the world, why should this man be allowed to shoot someone's legs, when there was no threat to life, and get away with it?
would you kill a man for stealing a car?
Maybe just permanently disfigure his face?
Maybe your house got tagged, would you shoot him in both shoulders so he could never spray paint again?

The same way a dog is different to a booby trap set with the intent to maim or kill?

I'm not sure what would happen in the case of a dog, but setting up a booby trap with the intention to maim or kill isn't exactly legal now, is it?
There was NO THREAT TO LIFE, that being the important part of this whole case...
That's like someone stealing a packet of crisps from Gregg's and having his fucking arms cut off...

A small time criminal does not deserve permanent disability, as well as debilitating medical bills, for a crime he probably committed to get enough money to survive...

Guest is speaking sense. At the time of entry there was no threat to human life... Except for the burglar who had his legs shot. He did not use appropriate force. If the burglar had threatend to kill the man, or came in wielding a weapon, it's another matter. But he didn't...

Why do people give so much of a shit about up/down votes...

That's fair enough :)
But think about it, if you did that with the world's population, why take over a " small Midwestern town"?
If you got the resources you gotta go hard or go home!

In 2012 the united states had a population of 314 million.
And 318.9million in 2014.
320 if rounded up....
Obviously you counted the whole world when the text post said "united states"...

Populations change, and that original post doesn't look like it was made recently...

Wat?

Or a high pressure jet of water/sand mixture

I know it's bullshit, but I'm too sleep deprived to miss an opportunity

It's stupid, but when you're fighting for history, you gotta do, what you gotta do

Holy shit, if you look closely at the comment, you'll see that no one really gives a fuck

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