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Ignoramus30064

On 2010-07-09, wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:27:36 -0500, Ignoramus30064
wrote:

The society in general (as opposed to just myself) pretty much
resolved this question and does not want people to shoot at fleeing
thieves. There are many reasons given for this. For example, what if
thieves were not thieves, but confused repo men who accidentally
hooked up the wrong trailer.

And what if the thief was one's relative. People have a tendency to
view these situations simplistically until it involves one of their
own. Then the light comes on and they realize in so many of these
cases that no matter how much of a low-life their friend or relative
was, it wasn't nearly sufficient cause for a death sentence.

Exactly. Many such situations are confusing. The relative example is a
good one. Or maybe a wife who allowed someone use the trailer, but
forgot to tell the husband.

After having a GPS stolen from my wife two days ago, I now think that
the answer lies in technology. It should be inexpensive to have in-car
video recorders, Lo-Jacks, GPSes reporting their positions if tracking
is activated by owner, etc. If we could make a few universal measures
amounting to $30 per protected device or so, it should eliminate
thefts of GPSes, cars and so forth.

We have to be somewhat mindful about privacy implications, (who can
turn on tracking and when) but it could be managed.

i