and they would have been released as quickly as an "ACLU" lawyer could arrive to claim that they are victims. As it is, they won't threaten anyone again. And that is the point, if the authorities and the legal system can't protect our homes, our families, our lives, then we must do so. The chaos that is engulfing many of the cities, simply can't continue, eventually people take charge of their own destinies, they don't just cower waiting for the cops to come by and maybe fix the problem temporarily, the problem eventually gets fixed by outraged people, like Mr Horn.
Bravo Mr. Horn! I hope that the prosecutor who attempted to prosecute Mr Horn is fired!
This is called vigilantism, and it's a prescription that will only make the situation worse, not fix it.
The answer is to fix the problems with the legal and law enforcement systems, not to turn every yahoo on the block into a gunslinger.
According to Horn, and this was borne out during grand jury testimony, during their carting away of the stolen merchandise, the perps were crossing over Horn's fence and stepped onto Horn's property in order to get back to their getaway van, Horn shouted at them they saw him and charged him, he shot at them and missed, the perps then ran from him and he shot them dead thru their backs.
There's the situation in a nutshell. He shot at them and missed, they ran--
and then he shot them dead through their backs as they were running away from him.This is outrageous. It has nothing to do with a citizen's right to protect his life, his family, and his property. Horn should have stopped shooting when they turned and ran. He should not have shot again, and getting carried away by the situation is no excuse.
He should have been indicted for manslaughter. Let him be acquited at trial by a jury of his peers, if they agree that the situation in Pasadena, Texas, is so bad that his actions were warranted--that's fine, I have no problem with that, that's the American way.
But for society to tacitly approve his actions by not even calling him to give an account of himself, after he killed two people, is outrageous.