system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is squatting such an issue in the US? I thought Americans could use deadly force to protect their property?
gpt
Squatting isn't really a big problem in the US. And not every state will allow you to defend property with deadly force. And even in those that do, most people that own firearms for protection aren't itching to shoot someone. Defending yourself against someone breaking in to your house while your family's asleep is a wildly different moral and legal dilemma than shooting someone on property you don't occupy.