"You have a red dot on your forehead," said a child. Then a man shot his nephew.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

If cars are to be considered a necessity, naturally, guns will be a necessity to shoot car thieves.

Thankfully, Washington State doesn't consider them such a necessity as to make shooting a suspected car thief a justification for homicide.  Even if they were considered a necessity, property theft should never be considered a justification for the use of deadly force.

A jury has already acquitted Mr. Gerlach and ruled 10-2 that this was a justified shooting. As a result of the frivolous charges the state of Washington is out $300,000.

The law is bad then. Murderers shouldn't be allowed to steal taxpayers' money.

Interesting theory. The law abiding Mr. Gerlach merely got his legal expenses reimbursed. Given that there is only 1 felon and that is the auto thief, Mr. Gerlach should seek compensation from the thief's estate for damage to his vehicle.

There may under current law only be one felon, but there clearly should be two. People who are technically law-abiding can still be wicked, selfish, greedy cravens. One's own car is not worth somebody else's life.