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Originally Posted by DGTess
In what state is it legal to shoot for property in someone else's home?
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"Texas law allows people to use deadly force to protect themselves if it is reasonable to believe they could otherwise be killed.
In limited circumstances, people also can use deadly force to protect their neighbor's property; for example, if a homeowner asks a neighbor to watch over his property while he's out of town.
The question will be whether it was reasonable for Horn to fear the men and whether his earlier threats on the 911 call showed he planned to kill them no matter what, said Fred Moss, who teaches criminal law at Southern Methodist University.
"That's what makes it so hard and that's why we have juries," Moss said."