Anyone seeking to enslave me, by helping themselves to the product of my labor, can expect to be met with lethal force. You're free to not defend yourself and the product of your labors as you see fit. Don't expect the rest of us to just smile, nod and wink when people violate our rights.
"Disrespect me and I'll kill you"
Why alter what I said? I said if you violate my rights I will defend them. Once you've abrogated the concept of individual rights, once you've introduced the concept of force to our social interaction - prepare yourself for force. I have no sympathy for theives and their sympathizers. At the end of the day, if the jerk had the good sense to respect the rights of others he'd still be alive to get drunk and coked up.
We have police and courts to deal with lawbreakers. We don't need or want individual citizens setting themselves up as their own justice system.
They're too busy making money off the War on Drugs to chase people for petty things like crime. Ask the English how it's working out, since their courts have essentially eliminated their right to self defense and the cops have announced they're just worried about rape, murder and hate crimes.
Cops and courts are an aid to the defense of individual rights, but the onus remains on the individual to be vigilant against incursions of his rights. The state cannot and will not always be there. I want drunk, coked up burglars to know in advance their actions can and will be detrimental to their well being. I'd rather show up at my property and find a theif's toasty corpse outside than find him inside my property waiting to ambush me. You think being able to call the police to come clean up the mess after he breaks in or ambushes me is the best option. We disagree...