Very true words. We grew up together, were exposed to the same friends, same temptations and yet he always took the quick and easy path. What I will never understand is how a chemical can drive a husband and father of 3 to the point where the chemical becomes more important than them all. Heck, you gotta force me to take aspirin!! Anyway, it's definitely one of those harder lessons in life. Thank God it's a lesson to learn from and not a funeral to go to.longtooth wrote:
You are the prime example of the truth. Tough days growing up do not make a criminal. You were raised in the same hous & by the same parents w/ the same rules. You took the right road in life. We will continue our prayers.
Currently, there are no plans to seek legal actions against the shooter. Laughing about a shoot is just plain crappy but not justification to take it to a court of law. Besides, my brother has put his family much further into debt with his addiction than these medical bills. I wish I could say he learned form it, but form the sounds of it, he blames the man for living in a storage area where he shouldn't have been. Almost like he was justified to burglarize an uinoccupied building. Truly sad. After the long State paid vacation which surely awaits him, I'm sure he will get out but I'm afraid he won't be much wiser. Keep your local law enforcement officers in your prayers and also the general gun owning population of NE Texas that they never have to use it in defense of their life/property.....but if they do, let their aim be true and justified.
UPDATE: Sentencing has been completed and he originally was offered 10yrs without probation. He refused and was offered 5yrs without probation which he also turned down. They settled for a 2yr sentence and 5yrs probation. My family and I are very disappointed and wish he would have gotten a larger sentence but that's what it comes down to.......unbelievable! He breaks into a persons dwelling with unkown intentions and gets 2 years. The guy should have emptied the mag. 
