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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ricco" data-source="post: 3730160" data-attributes="member: 46005"><p>Defending property in the 1800's when a lot of state laws were first written was very different than today. As an example, they would kill horse thieves because to put a person on foot a great distance from help was the same as killing that person outright. Food wasn't as easy to come by as it is today and stealing a persons food, depending where it happened was likely to result in the person starving. Laws on theft have changed because the consequences of that theft have typically changed.</p></blockquote><p></p>