"SteveB" wrote in
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"Oren" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:44:11 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

My town (Houston), is in the news because a couple of weeks ago a
chap named
Joe Horn wasted two goblins as they were burglarizing his neighbor's
house.

I never got the follow-up news, iirc he was on a 911 call - stating
he was going too shoot the burglars next door. The shot gun blast
(TWO?) was heard on the 911 tape released to the media.

These were not goblins. Check their history of predatory nature.
These were serious crooks/thugs on the street.

What I missed; is not knowing if Joe Horn has been cleared. My take
the law would be on his side.

In Henderson, Nevada, my neighbor saw two men breaking into my house.
He told his wife to call 911, and he came over the wall with a
shotgun. One of the men stopped, the other ran away, getting a
haircut and a shave before police picked him up at his home. The
truck was registered to him. He ended up getting off, since he didn't
match the description of the burglar.

During the arrest of the one who stayed, the police had to discuss
whether or not to arrest my neighbor, since he was not on his
property. One policeman emptied the pump shotgun on the ground and
said they could not arrest him because the weapon was not loaded. He
then told my neighbor that next time they would, since he really was
acting in good faith, but did not know the law about using force to
protect your NEIGHBOR'S property.

The one fellow went to prison, the other got off. But I'm sure he got
caught for something else later.

Not sure how it would have gone if he would have shot one of them.

Personal rights and all that other chicken****.

Steve




it's very sad that people cannot protect their property or their
neighbors,that they must stand aside and allow thieves to be SAFE in the
commission of a burglary. How "progressive"..... ;-{
(it used to be that people did not need to lock their doors...back when
people COULD and did shoot thieves.)

The right to own property is a basic freedom;if one cannot own property,and
that includes keeping others from wrongfully taking it,then one is not
truly free.


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net