Phisherman wrote:
This week school's out and houses in my neighborhood are getting
toilet papered. Originally, I thought these houses had someone in
school sports or the house has a coach, but this is not the case. I
guess toilet papering a house is not vandalism, but certainly can be
classified as littering (a $50 fine, max). At one house they
spray-painted "Ha Ha " on their concrete driveway. What can be
done? What can one do to prevent their house/trees to be toilet
papered?

Texas Penal Code 9.42 DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY
A person is justified in jusing deadly force against another to protect land
or tangible, movable property:
(1) if he would be justified in using force against another (to prevent
damage or to recover his own property); and
(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believe the deadly force is
immediately necessary:
(A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary,
robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF DURING THE NIGHTTIME (emphasis added);


YSMV (your state may vary)

Warning: If you kill the goblin, the cops will sequester your weapon until
their investigation completes. We had a 70-year old fellow in Dallas last
week who had to buy a THIRD goddamn shotgun because the cops keep
confiscating his weapon every time he kills a burglar!

Least the cops could do is provide a "loaner." It's not like they don't HAVE
any shotguns! Bah.