While you're following that train of thought ...
Why would the state have any right to interfere when a dissatisfied customer caps one of these thieving clowns?
The answer is simple: somebody passed a stupid law that says it is illegal to kill someone else, even when they really, really need killing.
That's not just government interfering with business -- that's interfering with good social work.
Yep. I better go running to my Uncle Sam. Somebody took advantage of poor little defenseless me. Boo-hoo.
The nanny state reigns.