"True, but you could call the police instead and assuming the burglars were still there in two minutes you would gain the same result, but it would be handled by trained professionals who might be able to avoid or minimize the robbers injuries. Even if the robbers did escape you would still deal them a heavy blow since you could provide the police all sorts of useful information."
This has two very dangerous assumptions-
#1 the police will be there in two minutes. In many, many places it will be more like 20 minutes if they show at all.
#2 - you also assume that the burglers won't hurt or kill you. It's already a "hot robbery" assuming your home, so why assume that the same people who are ALREADY stealing from you, aren't going to hurt you as well, particularly since you intend to tell the police all you can about them...
Stephen
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