You are advocating for taking the law into your own hands. Due process rights exist - even (if not especially for) criminals.When a person has no real reason to keep from committing a crime they tend to do it.
Who has said that? This is a straw man.If that person has a higher chance of getting shot because of those actions then maybe they will reconsider those actions.
I know what the law is right now and I will follow it. I also do not agree with it.
Couple years back someone stole a trailer and a commercial mower from me. Insurance covered the mower and most of the tools I had in a lock box on the trailer. The trailer was not insured unless it was attached to my truck. I bought a replacement, which I do not like, out of my money. So I bought two trailers and have only one to show for it.
If I had pulled up while the trailer was being stolen I can not use deadly force on the person. That's the current law.
I'm not going to debate if a trailer is worth someone's life. But I will say that if the person who took it was worried about catching a slug because of it maybe, just maybe, they would not have done it. I worked hard for the money to get that trailer. I liked it. I miss it every time I have to use the replacement.
It pisses me off that someone can say that stealing, robbing, etc from someone doesn't count if they turn and run. They still did the deed. Now they keep the spoils and get more brazen for the next time.
Yes, they did the deed. The law defines the punishment for conviction for that deed. Guess what? It isn't death.
I just think that TX has it right in this situation.
And I suspect that the TX statute in question might not be interpreted the same way that many here are interpreting it. I'd be interested to see actual incidents and their outcomes.