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injest:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jqLie6-Y0&feature=related[/youtube]

so do you agree with the jury or do you think Horn committed a crime?

Brokeback_Dev:
Damn.  That was chilling.  I don't think he should have shot his gun. It wasn't his property and he was acting as a vigilantly.  The cop said dont shoot anybody and the guy ignored his warning.  I wouldnt want someone's blood shed over my property if they broke in unless it was one of us in here protecting ourselves.  Shit they would not have got passed my dog!
Were thes guys armed?  Did he shoot them in the back? 

Jeff Wrangler:
Because I'm at work, I'm answering without playing the video and basing my response on what I read about the case in this morning's Metro newspaper, which, admittedly, wasn't much.

With those caveats, I think it was a mistake not to indict him. I'm not against people using force to defend their homes, families, and property, but this wasn't his home, family, or property.

According to the newspaper story, he actually told the 911 dispatcher that he was going to kill the alleged burglars.


--- Quote from: brokeback_dev on July 01, 2008, 08:30:57 am ---Were thes guys armed?  Did he shoot them in the back? 

--- End quote ---

The paper doesn't say whether they were armed, but it does say that he shot them both in the back.

The brief story in the paper makes him sound like somebody who was just itchin' for an opportunity to shoot somebody. He should have stopped at making the 911 call, or perhaps at most firing warning shots to try to hold the burglars for the police. I think he should have been indicted and tried for something like voluntary manslaughter, if Texas has that category of a crime.

injest:
he did sound all blustery before he went out there....

and terrified when he came back in.

I think he was a victim of the 'I got a gun so I am all tough' syndrome...and never stopped to think how it would really feel to actually SHOOT someone. thinking about it and doing it are two really really big things...

brokeplex:
Mr Horn is my hero! He took the "castle doctrine" seriously and applied it in a logical manner. The fact is the authorities can no longer protect property in most cities, this has become esp true in TX with the plague of drug crime coming in with illegal aliens and their organized gangs. Whole neighborhood associations are now forced to purchase the services of private security guards who are licensed to carry and shoot. I would be delighted to live next to Mr Horn, I would in fact provide him with all of the shot gun shells his trigger finger needs, and all the coffee he needs to stay awake and watch my property.

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