A step in the right direction, but doubtful it will pass.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two Tennessee bills are sparking debates on personal property defense.

House Bill 856 and Senate Bill 1407 have caused controversy as they move into the next phase.

The bills establish that a person is justified, under certain circumstances, to use deadly force to protect their property.
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The proposed legislation states, “A person is justified in using deadly force against another to prevent or terminate the other’s actual or attempted trespass; arson; damage to property; burglary; theft; robbery; or aggravated cruelty to animals, seriously bodily injury, or death to animals or livestock.”

TN bills could allow deadly force to protect property

I can see the pearl-clutching happening as we speak. “How can you kill somebody for stealing a TV? Do you value property more than life?” Well, that is the question that the thieving critter should have asked prior to engage in theft of property.

Property does have a value measured in more than money. It is the time and the effort invested by a citizen in working to gain enough money to purchase the item that is also lost. It is the loss of usage and or enjoyment that results with not having that item anymore because somebody else coveted it and rather than legally obtaining one, decided it would be simpler to steal somebody else’s. It also includes the personal loss if the object has a sentimental value attached to it like a reminder of some loved one now gone forever and part of our soul is attached to it.

And besides the above, a properly placed bullet applied to the ass of an ass abusing an animal has to be one of the most righteous things a human can do although you are going to get a gigantic pushback from certain government entities used to shoot pets with immunity.