the only way i'd be willing to take the law into my own hand these days would be if someone were to take the life of a loved one. Thats something that i just refuse to let the legal system deal with on my behalf.

Well, i might smack someone up pretty bad if they were to do any sort of 'extreme' harm to the loved ones now that i think about it. Anything less then rape would not be worth going to jail for IMO.