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parabelum wrote:In Texas, if you loot i.e.burglarize you are subject to the use of deadly force against you.

I don't think so, if it's somebody else's property and it's daylight. So if it's an emergency and you see a couple of punks throwing a brick through a window and grabbing stuff, you can raise your AR and legally kill them? I'm not so sure.

That would mean if you looked out your window and saw somebody prying your neighbor's window open, you could shoot him.

The law does say "....(A) the third person has requested his protection of the land or property...."

A public declaration by local law enforcement might legally cover this. There could be situations, however, where it was simply somebody trying to enter their own home trying to recover belongings. Would a shoot (by a stranger) be justified?

Interesting legal question.

When something like Houston happens, there's always lots of talk about shooting looters. I saw some guys holding ARs behind a big sign in some Houston neighborhood, guarding it. The sign said "U Loot, We Shoot." I'm sure a lot of us feel the same way.

But realistically, what would be the legal consequences of shooting a looter in that situation? If you see somebody kicking a door in or breaking a window and taking stuff, would that meet legal standards for the use of deadly force? Or are civic emergency situations like Houston (or Katrina) an exception to the rule?