There were a few comments to my post It’s just stuff, including a few emailed to me that I can summarize as: “My stuff is valuable and I’m going to defend it.”
I’m not a lawyer so I’m not going to give you legal advice. I’m not going to even tell you what you should and should not do.
I can only give you my opinion.
The Progressive Left is on the warpath. They’ve been losing politically so are engaging in their own Operation Luttich on the social front. It is taking the form of protests, marches, hashtag campaigns, doxing, public shaming, a judge wearing a pussy hat while seated on the bench in court, etc.
Nothing happens in a vacuum.
So… I’m in Bob’s spot. I’m blocked in. Some unhinged black SJW is taking out all her learned helplessness and victimhood on the most prized possession I have, parked on a trailer behind my pickup.
I come out guns a’blazing.
I can see the headlines now:
“White man kills black woman in the street for vandalizing his property.”
“Vandalism has a death sentence if you are black.”
“White man shoots #BlackLivesMatter acitvist for protesting his white privilege.”
It will be a Travyon Martin times 1,000,Three Ring Shit Show Bonfire of the Vanities.
Is it right? Is it fair? Is it just?
No, but it will happen.
Stay in the car and dial 911.
Throw the car into low and drive out the there. Hop the curb and leave the trailer behind if I have to.
If I absolutely have to shoot, it better be above reproach. That hammer is going be coming for my head when my bullet makes impact.
My goal is not just to survive. It’s to survive, not go to prison, and hopefully not get crucified by the media, or sentenced to death in the court of public opinion.
I agree. Especially in this day and age, deploying your firearm as a citizen has to be airtight and above reproach. Yes, we all work hard for our possessions, but as J. KB says, that hammer better be coming for your head if you decide to draw and open fire.
Sadly, you still may get crucified in the court of public opinion. Or at the least, some family member might get all bent out of shape about you putting their deranged relative into the ground … reference the grandpa of one of those home invaders in Oklahoma. He claims it wasn’t a fair shoot since the defending party used an AR.
Then, of course, there’s the “Jewish Carpenter Test”, wherein you get eternity to explain to The Creator how shooting that soul was righteous. I concur with your action plan, sir.
Again, this is a false dichotomy. Your choices are not solely “sit and call 911” and “shoot the person.” Do none of you carry non-lethal options like pepper spray?
Yep, and this is why one should always carry a less-lethal option. But even that can be spun into a crucifixion. Pepper spray doesn’t always work, and may escalate the situation.
And one should also always carry insurance on one’s stuff.