78 year old arrested for murder of burglar, *Update: Cleared of all charge but still faces strife,

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palou said:

VGPolyglot said:

Well, most cases of homicide are already illegal though, unless it's justified self defense.

The important point for me is - self defence against theft *isn't* good enough, and a bad idea, overall, while self defence against a clear murder attempt would be more so. This walks the fence a bit.

Why not? Obviously something that is MINE is more valuable to me than some stranger that is trying to take it from me. IMO it should be legal to eliminate anyone that attempts to rob from you, its self defense of your possessions and integrity. You're also cleaning up the streets of a criminal in the process. When you commit a crime against another you waive right to humane treatment.