Texas man cleared of shooting neighbor's robber

jennythebugg

jennythebugg

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Originally Posted by xtreeme
http:///forum/post/2669745
Doesnt say they were armed? Did I miss it? They were shot in the back as they ran away. How did he feel threatend? Not self defense. Only in texas. I still think he over reacted and acted as judge and jurry.
If he shot them in the leg he would be sued? Your joking right.....I mean he got away with murder but you feel hurting them he would have been punished.
yes only in texas...if im not mistaken we have lower crime rates (i think someone may have mentioned that already). and i love the fact that texas is one of the only places left in this country where ( in most communities) your neighbor is as much a part of your family as your cousin
 
mimzy

mimzy

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/2669757
Dead men file no lawsuits
I would be willing to lay down a good sized bet the guy gets sued by a family member of one or both of the crooks.
yup. Like my wonderful Texan Husband always says, "Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting twice."

lawdy I just love that man
 
mimzy

mimzy

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Originally Posted by jennythebugg
http:///forum/post/2669761
yes only in texas...if im not mistaken we have lower crime rates (i think someone may have mentioned that already). and i love the fact that texas is one of the only places left in this country where ( in most communities) your neighbor is as much a part of your family as your cousin
Texas is freakin' AWESOME. ...well...most of the time.
 
xtreeme

xtreeme

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Originally Posted by jennythebugg
http:///forum/post/2669761
yes only in texas...if im not mistaken we have lower crime rates (i think someone may have mentioned that already). and i love the fact that texas is one of the only places left in this country where ( in most communities) your neighbor is as much a part of your family as your cousin
Um I know all my neighbors well, were all close. I live in pa. Im a country boy were a diff type I guess. Raised on a mountain and lived on same land for 30 years. My dad bought it over 40 years ago.
 
bronco300

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guess they should have thought about what they were doing first before breaking in...and who knows what else they could have done (in the neighbors mind).. having two running around like tm said would be quite a bit different than just seeing one run away...
but for the record I still don't like Texas
 
mimzy

mimzy

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Originally Posted by xtreeme
http:///forum/post/2669767
Um I know all my neighbors well, were all close. I live in pa. Im a country boy were a diff type I guess. Raised on a mountain and lived on same land for 30 years. My dad bought it over 40 years ago. He passed last year so my brother and I share the land now.
PA's gun laws are almost as awesome as the ones in Texas. It's one of the many reasons we are currently moving back there. You can defend yourself on your own property in PA, and you have the right to apply for concealed carry permits as well.
 
jennythebugg

jennythebugg

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Originally Posted by xtreeme
http:///forum/post/2669767
Um I know all my neighbors well, were all close. I live in pa. Im a country boy were a diff type I guess. Raised on a mountain and lived on same land for 30 years. My dad bought it over 40 years ago.
but what you are saying is that you would choose a criminals comfort over your neighbors property?
we are a different type.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Florida and Colorado both have make my day laws. You don't have to retreat. Someone threatens you in your house, car or anywhere else you have a right to be you don't have to attempt to retreat before putting a smokey hole in them

Maybe when a few more of these thugs get capped others will become a little less bold
 
tangman99

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And don't forget they were Mexicans. Very dangerous individuals. Remember when George Bush was a fighter pilot in the Air National Guard and flew missions over the Gulf of Mexico to protect our borders from them during the Vietnam War. Now before anyone gives me any crap over that statement, I'm a republican and voted for him twice. I just find that his service funny as hell while one of my coworkers was a 60 gunner in a UH-1 that was shot out of the sky several times.
But I digress . . .
 
xtreeme

xtreeme

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Originally Posted by jennythebugg
http:///forum/post/2669773
but what you are saying is that you would choose a criminals comfort over your neighbors property?
we are a different type.
No here if you caught someone robbing your neighbor you dont need a gun. You just need two hands and run them down. Im not kidding were a tuff lot. Maybe thats why we dont have that issue around here? Noone here has been robbed. Only in town/city.
 
tangman99

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/2669780
Florida and Colorado both have make my day laws. You don't have to retreat. Someone threatens you in your house, car or anywhere else you have a right to be you don't have to attempt to retreat before putting a smokey hole in them

Maybe when a few more of these thugs get capped others will become a little less bold

Yep and in Florida we now have "take your gun to work day"
 
xtreeme

xtreeme

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Originally Posted by TangMan99
http:///forum/post/2669782
And don't forget they were Mexicans. Very dangerous individuals. Remember when George Bush was a fighter pilot in the Air National Guard and flew missions over the Gulf of Mexico to protect our borders from them during the Vietnam War. Now before anyone gives me any crap over that statement, I'm a republican and voted for him twice. I just find that his service funny as hell while one of my coworkers was a 60 gunner in a UH-1 that shot out of the sky several times.
But I digress . . .

My father in law is a nam vet. He is republican but doesnt care for bushs dodgy service in air force. My dad was a vet (green burray(sp?)but he hated bush. He was independent party. He felt labling did nothing but hold us back with agendas and patting your party members backs.
 
sepulatian

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How is this justifiable???? A few excerpts:
The grand jury heard two weeks of testimony from witnesses, including Horn. They likely also heard his breathless 911 call, during which the increasingly frustrated retiree ignored a dispatcher's pleas to stay inside and out of harm's way. The Nov. 14 call ended with the sound of Horn racking a shell into his 12-gauge shotgun's chamber followed by three gunshots that killed Colombians Diego Ortiz, 30, and Hernando Riascos Torres, 38.
He was in no harm. He was inside the house.
He said the castle doctrine simply didn't apply because, although the burglars were running across Horn's lawn, Horn's home wasn't under siege — his neighbor's home was.
Again, it had nothing to do with him nor his home.
"It comes from the saying 'A man's home is his castle,' " Wentworth said. "But this wasn't his castle."
Yet again.
How is this justifiable? He was told to stay inside, it was not his house being burglarized and the perpetrators merely passed through his yard. He shot them both in the back.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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The city where I lived in Montana had non partisan elections. It was great, the robots couldn't just vote party line. You actually had to learn something about the candidate.
 
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