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Why would lethal force be justified to protect packages? That's so excessive. The punishment for theft isn't the death penalty even in the US last I checked.
by ahtihn 3y ago
Why would lethal force be justified to protect packages? That's so excessive.
The punishment for theft isn't the death penalty even in the US last I checked.
- yard2010 3y agoI would say robbing trains wild west style endangering everyone involved is excessive.
- jon-wood 3y agoThis is people climbing into the cargo cars of incredibly slow moving trains and rummaging through some packages, not putting dynamite on a bridge and blowing it up to force the thing to stop.
- analyte123 3y agoThere are cases where it is considered justified, although it wouldn't apply to train heists, at least in California [1]. Some have claimed the justification to shoot someone for stealing at night in Texas has a biblical origin [2]. [1] https://reason.com/volokh/2020/06/02/are-people-allowed-to-use-deadly-force-to-defend-property/ https://reason.com/volokh/2020/06/02/are-people-allowed-to-u... [2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+22%3A2-3&version=NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+22%3A2-3...