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flb_78 wrote:I wouldn't risk my CHL over it.

My question still remains,
If this was in Texas would the owner have been legally justified in using deadly force?

I know I sound like a jerk, and I don't mean too, flying the flag low is a statement I don't like seeing either.

Stealing a mans property is wrong. He has as much right to peacefully protest, on his own property as any man.

There is no natural, God given or Constitutional right not to be offended.

How many of us us would stand for someone vandalizing our Candidate signs. How about throwing rocks at a Synagogue, bombs at an empty mosque? Where do we draw the line? At what point do we have a right to defend our property. When it becomes alright to steal a mans property because we don't like his political views, and we have lost all respect for the freedom to speak, then we have become no better than the land the flag owner came from. If we are to have the right of free speech, then so must those who oppose us. Remember that today Conservatives are the minority we really need to keep in mind that there are those who seek to erode our rights away. If we concede that it is OK because the Mexican flag flies over the Stars and Stripes the leftist can extend this to limiting radio time to conservatives because it is offensive to leftist.

Where is the line we will draw when it comes to using deadly force. Protect our homes, our cars, our flag?

Purplehood wrote:

Liberty wrote:I am also a Veteran, and I find the act of flying our flag like that disgusting
Unlike others I did not serve to defend a flag or any other piece of cloth. I served to protect our home, lives and countryman who are bound together by a system of laws.
I am an American who believes in the written law and in property rights. I think that guy is a criminal and should be in Jail. Our feelings do not give us the rights beyond the law.

I pose a question. If this incident happened in Texas Would the property owner have the right to use deadly force? Would the time of day make a difference?

He saw a clear violation of Federal Law and corrected it. I wouldn't apologize for anything he did. I stand behind him 100%.

It is not illegal to burn, fly low or upside down or use as toilet paper. If you own a flag its pretty much legal to do what ever you want to with it. The courts have ruled that any laws prohibiting such are an infringement of the 1st amendment.Just because we find something offencive doesn't give us the right to break the law. Stealing or vandalizing another persons property is against the law. Personally there are many things I find offencive, but whether it is a tallow tree or piercing jewelry, taking anothers property is stealing. Flag burners ain't never hurt anyone, but I hate thieves. I do believe if this happened in Texas even in the day time, The flag owner would have been justified in using deadly force to protect his property.

I am also a Veteran, and I find the act of flying our flag like that disgusting
Unlike others I did not serve to defend a flag or any other piece of cloth. I served to protect our home, lives and countryman who are bound together by a system of laws.
I am an American who believes in the written law and in property rights. I think that guy is a criminal and should be in Jail. Our feelings do not give us the rights beyond the law.

I pose a question. If this incident happened in Texas Would the property owner have the right to use deadly force? Would the time of day make a difference?