Texas man shoots burglars breaking into neighbors houses

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Heard this on the radio this morning. Couldn't believe it. This guy has to go before the supreme court because in Texas you can legally shoot someone dead for breaking into your home, but not your neighbors.

Listen to the audio.

LOL...He says the laws have been changed since "September 1st"

(11/16/07 - PASADENA, TX) - A 61-year-old Pasadena man, who shot and killed two men he believed were burglarizing a neighbor's home, said Friday the shooting would "weigh heavily" on him.

But the tape of Joe Horn's call to 911 reveals his determination to stop the men he saw leaving a neighbor's house against the dispatcher's clear warnings to stay inside.

Horn, in a written statement issued by his lawyers, also expressed sympathy for the families of the two burglary suspects, Miguel Antonio DeJesus, 38, and Diego Ortiz, 30.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5766452

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[jrerun21 10+ year member]

There's already a thread with this story.

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

repost

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

uh oh repost but I thought the burglers were black? the names are.... messican.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

i like that law being from texas

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

*sigh* I thought I found an interesting story and it is a repost. Sorry guys.

Yeah he called them black but they were mexican.

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

and i can see both sides of this law...if the person really is breaking into your house with the intent to steal/hurt someone then they deserve it...but i know there was a guy in dallas that was killed when he had some wierd side affect from some kind of medicine that was supposed to help him stop smoking and he went to a neighbors house or something and they thought he was trying to break in and they shot and killed him......

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

If your interested join the 13 page thread on this topic:

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272558

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

If your interested join the 13 page thread on this topic:
http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272558

Yeah, you put way more into your thread than I did into mine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/compcrash.gif.4ecfedd515e492755e2899769e83940b.gif

How do you make the article quoted like that?

Sorry again for the double post (I honestly didn't search, but didn't see it in the today's post area) and figured it was a good debate.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

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but get rid of the space after the [

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

thx //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif