Also, I'm not saying robbing is okay so don't think that's what I'm getting at. I'd be all for these guys getting the crap beat out of them down the line. That said, taking away one's life for taking some necklaces isn't a citizen's right and never will be. Simple as that. I know beating the hell out of them isn't really legal either, but it's not killing the fuckers for taking a damn TV.
He has the right to protect himself with his shotgun. He wouldn't have needed to protect himself at all if he didn't run outside with his shotgun though. You don't have a right to run across main street with a shotgun then shoot the first person who yells at you to put it away. You can't start the confrontation for no apparent reason, then wait till someone gets pissed, then shoot him. That's not the law at all. Horn could have stayed inside and waited for the cops. Instead he chose to run outside with his gun and shoot burglary suspects despite being warned by authorities not to do so. And now he'll likely have years in jail to think about his actions.
Ridiculous statement. It was clear they weren't taking care of the house. Unless by "taking care of the house" you mean, "stealing a bunch of shit from the house." They ran across a pissed, crotchety old man's yard and got shot. This is the chance you take when you burglarize a home. Sucks for them. Is anybody else very unsurprised that the deceased were two Mexican guys with priors? I'm guessin' they weren't legal either...
PS, the root of my argument is this...
Sure the guys who were robbing the house are assholes. No question there. They deserve to get the shit beat out of them in jail. No question.
The main theme of my posts is this...
Do you deserve to be killed for burglarizing a house?
That's a clear "NO" to me.
Sure the guys who were robbing the house are assholes. No question there. They deserve to get the shit beat out of them in jail. No question.
The main theme of my posts is this...
Do you deserve to be killed for burglarizing a house?
That's a clear "NO" to me.
Jake and Mindware- I ask again, if your mother were in the home would you sit there and wait for the police? You shoot someone in the legs and that only gives them time to shoot you in the head. He shoots one criminal in the legs, goes to shoot the other in the legs and before he even fires the second shot the guy who he shot in the leg would have put two rounds in his head.
I don't consider burglary non-violent. What happens if they encounter someone inside the house? Chances are it's going to get extremely violent. If you can't be safe in your own home then you can never be safe. Anyways, can someone please explain the Texas law here - state laws can vary immensely and he might this could be justified via self defense in a conservative state like Texas - in Florida, you cannot do this without facing some type of criminal consequences - anyone remember Bernard Goetz? the American hero.
Seymour, i wouldn't tie hypothetical questions like that to this case. The world is full of what if's and more what if's. Sure, maybe if these thieves got away then the in the next house there might be girls there who gets raped or killed by them. Or maybe not, b/c although they're thieves, they might not be rapists or killers. Do you know? Do I know? Did Horn know before he went out there and decided to be the judge jury and executioner?
If you like filling your world up with "what if's" then why don't YOU go out there and do some vigilante justice yourself? Go and kill you some pimps and robbers and gang-bangers in your town. After all, you'd be making your whole town a safer place, no?
