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Old 07-02-2008, 11:25 AM
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correct...a UC was at the scene...who more than likely was or could be utilized as eyes for the uni already en route that would have been able to track the criminals down...

Getting out of the car could have had the consequences of him getting shot by Horn, who could have mistaken the UC as a getaway driver. Or possibly the UC getting shot or detained by unis who also could have mistaken him for one of the perps and the perps were getting away...

just a thought.

But in any instance, the UC did what he was supposed to do IMO
Exactly and I agree with your other posts, too.

Horn was a proud gun toting Texan who was looking forward to shooting someone, regardless of anything else. The "regardless of anything else" is what makes this scary because individual citizens don't have the right to take the law into their own hands and PLACE THEMSELVES in danger for the helluvit. He killed people over property--there is no self-defense when you go outside with a gun and claim you felt threatened when one of the dudes came toward you. Horn treated this like he was playing a video game.

There are laws that state what home owners can and can not do to burglars. These may not exist in Texas and that makes Texas a perfect example of some of what anti-gun people are talking about.

(Horn might be crazy, too, so this could support mental health screening for gun owners.)
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Old 07-02-2008, 11:44 AM
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because individual citizens don't have the right to take the law into their own hands and PLACE THEMSELVES in danger for the helluvit.
You're not taking the law into your own hands when you follow the law. Joe Horn followed the law.
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Old 07-02-2008, 11:59 AM
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And just because you don't like a law doesn't make it not binding.

Especially when said law is enacted in a different sovereignty than your own.
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Old 07-02-2008, 12:03 PM
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Logically and legally I agree with Kevin


Morally is where I disagree and I think this is why a lot of people have issue over the ruling and the law and what may happen in future cases
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:09 PM
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Logically and legally I agree with Kevin


Morally is where I disagree and I think this is why a lot of people have issue over the ruling and the law and what may happen in future cases
That law is encouraging vigilantism and that law will not be equally applied.

'nuff said
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:49 PM
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That law is encouraging vigilantism and that law will not be equally applied.

'nuff said
as well as the verdict...and I agree...
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Old 07-02-2008, 04:22 PM
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That law is encouraging vigilantism and that law will not be equally applied.
The law is probably never equally applied.
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Old 07-02-2008, 06:31 PM
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The law is probably never equally applied.
Cop out.
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:07 PM
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Joe Horn followed the law.
DUH.

Doesn't make him any less of a vigilante or a murderer (as far as many are concerned).
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