Mind if I give your horse a carrot? Oh, wait! He's dead!03Lightningrocks wrote:Joe Horn shooting two fleeing mexicans(columbians...whatever) is OK...
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- Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:10 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Got my CHL today and 3 hours later my first incident!
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Re: Got my CHL today and 3 hours later my first incident!
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:35 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Got my CHL today and 3 hours later my first incident!
- Replies: 72
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Re: Got my CHL today and 3 hours later my first incident!
Add my welcome, and my apology for failure to observe the proprieties; I honestly didn't notice that you were a new member.
If you're living in rural West Texas, you have a different situation than those living in other parts of the state. Population density is much different. LEO-to-citizen ratios are VASTLY different, and response time can be measured in hours instead of minutes.
So, in your situation, no actual harm was done when you fired two shots over their heads, and you're very unlikely to suffer legal repercussions. At the same time, you have to realize that those who reacted with horror at your actions, did so because you had no legal justification for firing, and could be prosecuted for Deadly Conduct for doing so. You weren't stopping a theft, and you didn't intend to use deadly force in order to recover stolen property. You fired to hasten their departure, which started as soon as they saw you with a shotgun.
At best, those two, and those they tell about it, will hesitate to target you again. But for others, you're just as vulnerable as before. As has been said many times before, there are no "safe neighborhoods" so long as criminals have cars.
No matter how far in the boonies you are, you have to keep your stuff locked up.
Kevin
If you're living in rural West Texas, you have a different situation than those living in other parts of the state. Population density is much different. LEO-to-citizen ratios are VASTLY different, and response time can be measured in hours instead of minutes.
So, in your situation, no actual harm was done when you fired two shots over their heads, and you're very unlikely to suffer legal repercussions. At the same time, you have to realize that those who reacted with horror at your actions, did so because you had no legal justification for firing, and could be prosecuted for Deadly Conduct for doing so. You weren't stopping a theft, and you didn't intend to use deadly force in order to recover stolen property. You fired to hasten their departure, which started as soon as they saw you with a shotgun.
At best, those two, and those they tell about it, will hesitate to target you again. But for others, you're just as vulnerable as before. As has been said many times before, there are no "safe neighborhoods" so long as criminals have cars.
No matter how far in the boonies you are, you have to keep your stuff locked up.
Kevin
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Got my CHL today and 3 hours later my first incident!
- Replies: 72
- Views: 11044
Re: Got my CHL today and 3 hours later my first incident!
Oh, so you checked their passports?Tallinthesaddle wrote:... the two thieves, mexicans for the record ...