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Topic started on 1-12-2007 @ 03:05 AM by Extralien

Texan 'hero' shoots and kills burglars


www.examiner.com
A Texas man has provoked a debate about the right to self-defence in America after he shot dead two burglars as they were leaving a neighbour’s house.

The cha-chick of a shell entering a shotgun's chamber rattled through the 911 line just before Joe Horn stepped out his front door.

Horn, 61, had phoned police when he saw two men break into his neighbor's suburban Houston home through a window in broad daylight. Now they were getting away with a bag of loot.

"Don't go outside the house," the 911 operator pleaded. "You're going to get yourself shot if you go outside that house with a gun. I don't care what you think."

"You want to make a bet?" Horn answered. "I'm going to kill them."

He did.
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 1-12-2007 @ 03:40 AM by discomfit
Despite popular belief law enforcement officers and judges in Texas are capable of executing the law.


§ 9.43. PROTECTION OF THIRD PERSON'S PROPERTY. A person
is justified in using force or deadly force against another to
protect land or tangible, movable property of a third person if,
under the circumstances as he reasonably believes them to be, the
actor would be justified under Section 9.41 or 9.42 in using force
or deadly force to protect his own land or property and:
(1) the actor reasonably believes the unlawful
interference constitutes attempted or consummated theft of or
criminal mischief to the tangible, movable property; or
(2) the actor reasonably believes that:
(A) the third person has requested his protection
of the land or property;
(B) he has a legal duty to protect the third
person's land or property; or
(C) the third person whose land or property he
uses force or deadly force to protect is the actor's spouse, parent,
or child, resides with the actor, or is under the actor's care.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
1994.


[edit on 1-12-2007 by discomfit]


reply posted on 1-12-2007 @ 03:49 AM by goosdawg
reply to post by discomfit



It's the law!

If he "knee-capped" then he'd be sued by the perps, right?

Don't mess with Texas!



reply posted on 1-12-2007 @ 09:07 AM by roadgravel
Originally posted by goosdawg
reply to
post by discomfit



It's the law!

If he "knee-capped" then he'd be sued by the perps, right?


The Texas governor in September signed the "castle' law which now prevents these people from suing in civil court after getting shot during the commission of a crime if the shooting was justified.
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