re: Would you shoot Katrina looters with Chris Kyle?

Straight answer that has nothing to do with the OP? Sure.

I don't know if I would just straight up shoot them. I would most likely confront them with a weapon trained on them and fire if they had a gun.

What makes the difference between the OP and your hypo is that there are people present in these residences. But you knew that already.

Impossible? No. Improbable? Yes.

You're going to hang your hat on the improbability that Chris Kyle was sniping looters breaking into homes in a neighborhood?



Hey man, if that's what you want to believe, so be it.

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You know there were store owners that stayed in their stores during Katrina right?

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I'm sure they did. You think that justifies sniping everyone trying to break into a store? "Well there could have been someone inside."

ETA: I have a hypo for you. Let's say you're out late tonight and drive by a Walgreens at around 1am. You see a guy trying to break into the front doors. Do you feel justified shooting him? There could be someone inside. Unlikely, but maybe.

Since you've based your entire argument on maybe, I don't see why not.

ETA2: That's all the time I've got to play today. Have a good one. Sorry for your friends that were robbed. Ignoring the mental gymnastics it took you to get there, I'm not a looter. I despise thieves.

Would I shoot just any looters? No I would not but I would not hesitate to shoot a looter who was stealing from me and my family.

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You think that justifies sniping everyone trying to break into a store? "Well there could have been someone inside."

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I just have trouble wrapping my brain around the idea that someone on the OT thinks looting is ok, just so long as the store owner isn't there. Why not rob them before and after the storm too? I bet the store owner isn't there then either. .

To answer your question, I wouldn't care if they unloaded. Katrina was a crazy time and chances are they would have been acquitted even if they somehow had brought to trial.

Generally speaking I have zero sympathy for people who break into houses or stores to steal stuff they can't afford or don't want to pay for. Looting then is no different than robbery today.

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I just have trouble wrapping my brain around the idea that someone on the OT thinks looting is ok, just so long as the store owner isn't there.

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I know I said I was done but I have to respond to this.

Link me saying looting is ok.

Thanks.

ETA: The leaps of logic you're making are laughable. I'm going to play out a quick conversation to show you how laughable.

Me: Do you think drunk drivers should be shot on sight?

You: No.

Me. Oh, so you think drunk driving is ok?

You see that Grand Canyon sized gap between "shot on sight" and "ok", that's where I'm at.

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I have a hypo for you. Let's say you're out late tonight and drive by a Walgreens at around 1am. You see a guy trying to break into the front doors. Do you feel justified shooting him? There could be someone inside. Unlikely, but maybe.

Since you've based your entire argument on maybe, I don't see why not.

ETA2: That's all the time I've got to play today. Have a good one. Sorry for your friends that were robbed. Ignoring the mental gymnastics it took you to get there, I'm not a looter. I despise thieves.

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As someone else pointed out the difference is that you can call the police if Katrina hadn't just took place. It's typically their job to handle it. That's the whole reason there was looting to begin with. Granted NOLA is going to NOLA, so there's that.

Likewise .

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let's say you have a family, no food, surrounded by water, no way to get out of the city, and the grocery store down the street has food, and nobody is there. i don't believe for one second you're going to let your wife and kids go hungry.

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Truth