You live among looters. If you doubt it, look about you. What you see is theft in one form or another everywhere. Property is taken for common use. Property is seized under civil forfeiture laws.
Property is condemned for public utilities or infrastructure.
Defending one's property is not widely accepted as proper conduct. In a recent case, a man was charged with second degree murder because in defending his home against a thief, he fired twice into the man's chest and seven times into the man's back. By this reasoning, it is okay to shoot a robber, as long as you stop when he runs away. Ridding society of such individuals is not considered a reasonable and proper behavior, but is apparently reserved to the state. I would not.