Sure, that makes sense!
The mother apprehends a suspected burglar then brings him, at gunpoint, back to the house where her little girl is waiting all alone. Great parenting.
shareMy thinking is this movie was made 20 years ago....plus it's a small Nebraska town (so take off another 20-30 years) and people were not so paranoid then. Not that I'm saying horrible things didn't happen, but the horrible things were not known to many of us like they are today with social and news media.
Plus, Tim Matheson is hot. Haha!