The phrase is tossed about that, “Every life has value…” The end of this line that has been forgotten is that “the value of a life is set by the owner.” This is the same for everyone. Just as a shopkeeper sets the prices for his goods, every person sets the value of his or her own life. If a thug attempts to rob a store he has set the value of his life below that of the amount of money he hopes to get in the robbery. Who am I to argue with him? If the storeowner dies in the robbery it is because he failed to set the value of his life higher through proper preparation. He has placed the value of his life below the value of the, at least, psychologically prepared robber’s. Anyone attempting violent action against me or near me toward an innocent has set the value of their lives at some multiple of 9¢. This multiple, coincidentally, equals the number of .45 caliber Federal Hydro-Shock rounds it takes me to kill them (2 per person at a minimum).
