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That'll be TPark.
No, that's right, you'll shoot their heads off for stealing a loaf of bread. Ever heard of appropriate punishment? jackass
Why don't you start chopping off the hands of thieves? that'll show them...
That'll be TPark.
That's not a test case that's manslauter, i remember a few years back some guy shot a guy he thought was robbing him. Turns out it was a friend he shot, and he went to jail for it cause he gave him a key
Except they weren't stealing a loaf of bread. you break into somebody's house here you can get shot, it's a risk you take when breaking into houses.
Say a 16 year old kid breaks into a backyard to look for an errant baseball he lost. Now, you've got this trigger happy old fart seating in the house next door. For all the old man knows this person is robbing his neighbors house. Would you consider it an honest mistake if he killed the kid?
since we're going by your "well, don't break in to people's houses and you won't get shot" principle...
Am I the only one that sees the inherent danger in allowing ordinary people to decide for themselves whether a person deserves to die or not?? You're talking the law out of the hands of the justice system and putting it on the hands of people like this guy, who misconstrues the law.
Which isn't really the point is it. The old didn't know what the they were stealing, and they were not threatening his life. His duty was not to SHOOT them, it was to call the police and let them handle it.
WTF? you do realize illegal immigrants are still people right?
who plays baseball at midnight?
You're kidding, right?
Forget the baseball. You seriously don't get what I'm trying to say?
If you are going to use a metaphor use an effective one. One of the reasons i don't wonder around places that aren't mine is because i know the law and i don't want to get shot
knock on the neighbors door and ask if he can go back there.
Nevermind!
I just realized I'm trying to argue against the merits of vigilante justice in a forum mainly populated by Texans. We'll probably never see eye to eye on this issue.
P.S. and this coming from a guy that actually lives in a place with zero ing justice. Vigilantism must be seen as murder, for societies sake.
@ comparing this to a kid getting shot trying to get his ball back.
just
Once I shot my neighbor when he was just outside in his kiddie pool. Thats how we roll in Texas!
WTF?
What the does it matter? a kid, an illegal alien, a thief... we're talking about how the old man perceives it. You mean to tell me, it would not be possible to make that mistake.
just
Once I shot my neighbor when he was just outside in his kiddie pool. Thats how we roll in Texas!
WTF?
and you might not shoot your neighbor in his kiddie pool, but you might just end up shooting him while he's climbing in through his window because he missplaced his key (like 4cc said)
all I know is texans better turn on the ing light to go to the bathroom, otherwise your vigilant old fart of a neighbor might just mistake you for an intruder and shoot your lights out while quoting the "castle doctrine" law into his phone.
Never lose my keys.
So no, nice try though.
Fail.
Stop digging your damn hole.
Thats wayyyyy too much common sense.
Not all of us subscribe to the "shoot first, ask questions later" school of thinking, you moron
that's alright T Park, I've long given up on you having anything intelligent to say. The "Fail" bull just serves to emphasize your lack of originality.
I find it specially interesting how your nuts shrivel up and disappear when you find yourself alone in your opinion but you're all of a sudden emboldened when you find likeness of mind. Go ahead and dig your hole sometime jackass, you might find, that maybe, just maybe you're digging in the right place. 'course, you're going to need nuts for that.
Either way, if "Fail" is all you've got to say, please STFU and let someone who is willing to put some thought into his response contribute. Is that too much to ask?
Seeing as I was one of the first to comment, I would say that that assessment, like everything else you've pontificated out of your ass about this, is wrong.
nah see, that's what you do. You wade the waters in search for approval. Then one of three scenarios happen. One, you find it, and become a ; two, you don't find it, in which case you become an even bigger ; or three, someone like Kori, timvp or anyone else around here that has proven they know their , comes in and disagrees with you, in which case you turn on "kiss ass" mode.
Its alright, everyone's unique in their own way
Guess Manu missed the whole "dude with threatening with a crowbar" and "cop who witnessed it and said the shooting was justified" part of this particular case.
Oh yea, and the whole part where a jury of his peers "no billed" the case as well based on the evidence.
Well if you had read the article instead of jumping off the freakin' ledge, you would know that the guy told the two burglars to freeze, and one of them started running in his direction.
When someone has a gun pointed at you (a 12 gauge no less) and tells you to stand still, the smart thing to do would be to stand still.
You're an idiot. He told them to stop where they are. They tried to run, and one ran in his direction. Don't run in the direction of someone holding a gun telling you to freeze, and you won't get shot.
You're really being an idiot about this one. The old man probably wouldn't shoot a kid grabbing his baseball from his yard, of course the kid wouldn't have just kicked down the neighbor's front door, either.
And I'd bet the kid would probably stop when the old man told him to.
You are just getting your ass handed to you in this one, just shut up and move on.
Manu - how many of your scenarios have happend recently in Texas? How many kids getting their balls have been shot? How many neighbors have been shot after forgetting their keys?
Please, stop pulling things out of your reactionate ass.
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