<story><title>Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters</title><url>https://thehustle.co/why-thieves-love-to-steal-catalytic-converters/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>djanogo</author><text>Texas recently passed bill(House Bill 4110) making this crime a felony, I wonder if this will make it easier for owners to be covered under Sec. 9.42 code which will let owners use deadly force against anybody who is under your car or running away with your converter during night time.&lt;p&gt;Texas is 2nd highest in US for this crime, somebody is gonna pay with their life for this crime.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;legiscan.com&amp;#x2F;TX&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;HB4110&amp;#x2F;id&amp;#x2F;2408113&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;legiscan.com&amp;#x2F;TX&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;HB4110&amp;#x2F;id&amp;#x2F;2408113&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;statutes.capitol.texas.gov&amp;#x2F;SOTWDocs&amp;#x2F;PE&amp;#x2F;htm&amp;#x2F;PE.9.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;statutes.capitol.texas.gov&amp;#x2F;SOTWDocs&amp;#x2F;PE&amp;#x2F;htm&amp;#x2F;PE.9.htm&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>seer</author><text>Huh only in America it might be considered OK to execute a person for a theft of an automative part.&lt;p&gt;Its like - there is someone committing a nonviolent felony of stealing a minor part from your car, and now you are deputized to be judge jury and executioner and can perform a quick public execution, for your convenience…&lt;p&gt;I mean I get it sucks very hard to have something being stolen from you _in front of your eyes_ but does this justify an execution? Isn’t that why we have monopoly on violence and for that matter insurance?&lt;p&gt;I’ve had stuff like that stolen from me, by a member of my country’s repressed minority, and it was in front of my eyes, I was sleeping when the act was committed, right next to me, so I guess my life was also in danger. I woke up just as they were making their escape. I did have the urge to chase them down true, but never in my dreams have I thought these lives were beyond redemption and I have the right to execute them then and there, and I would live happy afterwards…&lt;p&gt;How does the moral calculous work for Americans? Genuinely curious. Is it “something bad is being done to me, I am therefore justified to use any means necessary” kind of thing, or there is something else&amp;#x2F;more?</text></comment>
<story><title>Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters</title><url>https://thehustle.co/why-thieves-love-to-steal-catalytic-converters/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>djanogo</author><text>Texas recently passed bill(House Bill 4110) making this crime a felony, I wonder if this will make it easier for owners to be covered under Sec. 9.42 code which will let owners use deadly force against anybody who is under your car or running away with your converter during night time.&lt;p&gt;Texas is 2nd highest in US for this crime, somebody is gonna pay with their life for this crime.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;legiscan.com&amp;#x2F;TX&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;HB4110&amp;#x2F;id&amp;#x2F;2408113&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;legiscan.com&amp;#x2F;TX&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;HB4110&amp;#x2F;id&amp;#x2F;2408113&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;statutes.capitol.texas.gov&amp;#x2F;SOTWDocs&amp;#x2F;PE&amp;#x2F;htm&amp;#x2F;PE.9.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;statutes.capitol.texas.gov&amp;#x2F;SOTWDocs&amp;#x2F;PE&amp;#x2F;htm&amp;#x2F;PE.9.htm&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Someone1234</author><text>Catalytic converter theft is obnoxious, and I&amp;#x27;m fine with it being a felony (in particular as the cost of repairs is substantial higher than the &amp;quot;raw cost&amp;quot; of the stolen converter itself).&lt;p&gt;That being said: It isn&amp;#x27;t a capital crime and shouldn&amp;#x27;t be. If people can &lt;i&gt;legally&lt;/i&gt; justify deadly force without self-defense (e.g. finding someone under their vehicle and shooting them) then the law itself is a problem.&lt;p&gt;If the state wants to make things a capital crime they should just do so directly, because at least then you get your day in court, a jury who could nullify, and lawmakers have to suffer the political ramifications of killing a bunch of petty thieves.</text></comment>