Gun Owner’s Mug Shot
I have to agree with this gun owner’s arrest.
I am a deeper thinker than to simply side with a gun owner whose house was being burglarized. While I am loyal to the right of self-defense, defense of others, and defense of property- even to the point of using deadly force, the facts of this particular case seem to indicate that the use of deadly force was not warranted. I don’t simply side with a person because he owns a firearm and shot at criminals. (Siding with a gun owner simply because he fired his gun at a criminal is like the black community rallying around a cop killer simply because he’s black.)
Simply firing the gun into the air needlessly and recklessly put people’s lives in danger. There was no need to put the burglars’ lives in danger. The homeowner’s life was not in danger. The Biblical principle for punishing crime is lex talionis- the punishment must fit the crime. Killing fleeing burglars, as a homeowner and not a member of law enforcement, is both a violation of man’s law and God’s law. Firing recklessly at them needlessly put their lives in danger. Putting people in danger recklessly is also a violation of those laws.
Warning shots are rarely ever used in law enforcement. Also, it doesn’t make sense that the homeowner was trying to scare them away with warning shots and then trying to disable the tire on their car so they couldn’t get away.
There was no need to kill the burglars. For the homeowner to do so would have been murder despite their crimes. Therefore there was no reason to put their lives in danger. I agree with the prosecution of this particular gun owner.What this gun owner demonstrated was not protection of his life and property, but retaliatory justice. This mind set is the same kind of mentality that turns ordinary citizens into lynch mobs (and the French Revolution). This gun owner is not judge, jury, and executioner. Not only was this gun owner abusing his authority (he had no authority to play the role of judge, jury, executioner), but the punishment he was trying to deal out was not in proportion to the crime.
Many of the comments after the Blaze article supporting the gun owner demonstrate that simply having a conservative philosophy is not enough to save our republic. Only a biblical understanding of virtue and the source of morality will allow us to live in peace and liberty. If people’s hearts aren’t right with God, they are capable of atrocities, including conservatives. The mentality of Clare Niederhauser and his supporters leads to mob justice, which is not justice at all.
I am a deeper thinker than to simply side with a gun owner whose house was being burglarized. While I am loyal to the right of self-defense, defense of others, and defense of property- even to the point of using deadly force, the facts of this particular case seem to indicate that the use of deadly force was not warranted. I don’t simply side with a person because he owns a firearm and shot at criminals. (Siding with a gun owner simply because he fired his gun at a criminal is like the black community rallying around a cop killer simply because he’s black.)
Simply firing the gun into the air needlessly and recklessly put people’s lives in danger. There was no need to put the burglars’ lives in danger. The homeowner’s life was not in danger. The Biblical principle for punishing crime is lex talionis- the punishment must fit the crime. Killing fleeing burglars, as a homeowner and not a member of law enforcement, is both a violation of man’s law and God’s law. Firing recklessly at them needlessly put their lives in danger. Putting people in danger recklessly is also a violation of those laws.
Warning shots are rarely ever used in law enforcement. Also, it doesn’t make sense that the homeowner was trying to scare them away with warning shots and then trying to disable the tire on their car so they couldn’t get away.
There was no need to kill the burglars. For the homeowner to do so would have been murder despite their crimes. Therefore there was no reason to put their lives in danger. I agree with the prosecution of this particular gun owner.What this gun owner demonstrated was not protection of his life and property, but retaliatory justice. This mind set is the same kind of mentality that turns ordinary citizens into lynch mobs (and the French Revolution). This gun owner is not judge, jury, and executioner. Not only was this gun owner abusing his authority (he had no authority to play the role of judge, jury, executioner), but the punishment he was trying to deal out was not in proportion to the crime.
Many of the comments after the Blaze article supporting the gun owner demonstrate that simply having a conservative philosophy is not enough to save our republic. Only a biblical understanding of virtue and the source of morality will allow us to live in peace and liberty. If people’s hearts aren’t right with God, they are capable of atrocities, including conservatives. The mentality of Clare Niederhauser and his supporters leads to mob justice, which is not justice at all.
Part of what they discuss in Concealed Carry classes is “when is it appropriate to shoot?”
Imminent threat to you or your family is the only correct answer. This guy was not in imminent danger. He did the cause of Second Amendment rights no favor.
You can see how people who feel justified in their own minds to punish evil doers, and who own the killing power of firearms can be a deadly combination without being tempered by a heart after God.