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Originally Posted by Kev
I know personally, if I find a guy in my house, and I feel that my children are in danger I will beat his ass. If you guys disagree, stay out of my house.
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I would defend my family too. But it is a bit different from a shoplifting case.
It's tricky. I've worked in retail, and was once asked by the security guard to help him apprehend some shoplifters after they left the store. I came with him, he approached them, there was no struggle, they just accepted the fact that they were caught. If there was a struggle, I'm not sure what I would do. I personally don't want to beat down some punk kids for stealing some fuel injector cleaner. But what then, if they put up a fight, let them run away? The store needs some rights to defend itself, but I don't know where to draw the line. Other times, when the security guard wasn't around, we just had to let shoplifters run away. As a law abiding person, that kind of thing is annoying.
And that said, at least $12,000 isn't some insane amount like $500,000.