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Originally Posted by DGTess
It's all well and good to joke about Texas laws and the thought of shooting someone just because he's there, but face reality -- that's NOT the law. There is the whole "reasonable fear for the life or safety of yourself or others" that must be proved in a court of law. Generally, both in civil court AND criminal court.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuM_XAo2BE
I'm specifically referencing this case which had nothing to do with
"reasonable fear for the life or safety of yourself or others" but still resulted in the neighbor getting off for killing two intruders stealing from his neighbor who was not home at the time. These kind of cases are hard for the other 49 states (even equally conservative ones like Louisiana, where I was living at the time of this case) to stomach.
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