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Originally Posted by HarryT
Suppose it had been a kid who'd accidentally thrown a ball through your window, and went inside your house to retrieve it? Do you honestly want a neighbour who's going to shoot to kill first and ask questions later? Someone who tells the emergency operator "I'm going outside to kill them"? That's a rather peculiar definition of "self defence".
Property can be replaced. Human lives cannot.
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WHAT???!!! How many kids do you assume are going to break into a house to retrieve a ball? As for the dirtbag burglars that were shot, no, I am not going to waste any time agonizing over their fate. These poor criminally inclined fellows won't be breaking into any more houses, and it looks like TX law doesn't care if dirtbags like this are shot during commission of a crime. Like I said, the solution is simple- don't break into houses. And if you're in Texas, look at all the gun racks in vehicles in that state. Maybe criminals should get some smarts and realize that Texans take their firearms seriously, and don't much care for thieves.....
BTW, what if people had been home in that house? Would it have been okay for THEM to dispatch these criminals with a shotgun?
Maybe this will be a lesson for other criminally-minded folks, just like the recent file-sharing trial put P2P'ers on notice.....