The action taken by the family was unproportional, immoral, illegal and dangerous
People don't realise the huge difference between a pedophile and a child rapist...
There are multiple times more pedophiles than child rapists about. Their perversion is so profound that many forget to apply basic psychology on them. People assume that anyone who suffers from the mental disorder, if you will, that he is sexually attracted to children, does not care about the futures and feelings of children.
Most pedophiles are depressed. Very depressed. They are in a constant conflict and dilemma. They don't only lust for children, they also value them. Their lust is their greatest fear and enemy. Most never give in. If we assume, like we have reason to, that these people, like other people with deviant desires, are not responsible for these desires- Then pedophiles who never give in to their lust for all of their life are effectively heroes.
This kind of pedophile is far more common than the child rapist. Amongst other things this is easily concluded from the great market that evidently exists for child pornography, compared to the smaller occurrance of child rape.
The man's crime was at most sexual assault and trespassing. Serious crimes that should be paid for and prevented.
This family however...
*Rape
*severe abuse (they beat the guy with SIX of them for about A FULL HOUR)
*corrupting a minor (they had a 15 yr old join them assraping a grown man with a branch)
*attempted murder and conspiracy
I hate this macho dad bullshit of how you'd kill the perv who lusts for your young daughter. Such isn't the law, if you want that, try and get it through congress. Good luck. If you can't keep your prehistorical caveman parental instincts under control, guess what Bruno, you are not suitable to be a parent. You are not badass either. Not even if you shave your head.
You are NOT a good father. A good father doesn't leave his family to go to jail for the rest of his kids' youth because he felt cool killing a man who masturbated thinking about their kid.
All this fits perfectly into the conservative hypocrite nonsense pattern of denying and symbolising human nature instead of finding effective considerate ways to deal with it.