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Originally Posted by dyehard39
Since when do can legally kill someone who is seen leaving our neighbors house carrying a tv. When has stealing become a crime carrying the death penalty. We are not yet under the laws of radical Islam. This is a burglar suspect.
In Texas since September, and it's called the
Castle Doctrine.
In Texas you have the right to defend your property from theft and use deadly force to do it.
I don't know the details of the Horn story but I believe he was in charge of his neighbor's home at the time of the theft. Secondly, I believe he was an older man that felt threatened by two theives.
Dixie