I believe the intent was to cover any "home" style burglaries in the "night-time"...gigag04 wrote:I want to clarify me earlier comment. In "reconsidering" my stance, this does not mean that I'm smoking anyone who steals from me.
It does mean that burgulary in the night time carries a legal defense for use of deadly force, and that I think if more thugs got blown away trying to steal it would happen less. I can put a "don't make me a test case" label on this, but it is something to consider.
I love what KBCraig had to say about the pragmatic considerations.
I guess it would be better if we as a body of texans decided that we would stand against our property being stolen as opposed to one man fighting back now and again....
....but...didn't the TX legislature (with thier constituents) already do that by putting a defense to prosecution for use of deadly force against burgulary in the nighttime?
-nick
If you have to get up, go out, to observe someone committing a crime on a piece of property, like your vehicle, or other external structure on your property...
That may have to be a personal judgement call...In my opinion there are a multitude of things you can do leading up to the use, or the threat of, deadly force in cases like this...
Even though most would not fault you for it...In that court of law, you'd be under some scrutiny for that action...Regardless of the aftermath and condition of the criminal you took care of...
Its always (in real life) one of the most difficult decisions you will ever make...
