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Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Suppose the person(s) breaking in had a gun and you walked out there to check on your car, unarmed. What are you going to do? Say wait here, while I go get my gun? Better to be armed going out there.

The “kid” could be 6 feet tall and 250 pounds and a potential physical threat to the victim.

I would want a gun either way.

Per the article that I posted, it was a "juvenile" (which could be a 200#+ 17 year old) at 2am. There's no telling, when you go out and see someone breaking into your car at 2am, who they are, how old they are, what they are likely to do as a result of you interrupting them, or what, if any, weapon they are carrying.