So thieves are just poor people? They should be stealing food then. Copper pays big bucks. He's not the first to get zapped stealing copper. Go on vacation and come back to your house to find the copper wiring gone and find out that insurance won't pay for it. When the electrician gives you a massive bill you can say it was just a poor person trying to get ahead as the thief lives it up in a bar after buying cocaine and a plane ticket to Miami to party.