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o b juan wrote:unicorn rancher in response to your post I live in Texas... Read the texas law on defense of property

also pay particular attention to 3B in Texas PC 9:42

Lots of folks think shooting a fleeimg perp is fine , if they do then they need some Ignorant or sympathetic

jurors or quite possibly A DA who can look away.

Opinon: Deadly force should only be used to STOP Deadly force

read PC 9:32 and and it lists the actions or circumstances

Goodnight

Not an expert but 9.42 2B. If I interpret this correctly since this was a night time theft, the use of deadly force would be legal with followup to 9.42.3A. Not suggesting that this was a smart thing to do but legal ( in Texas?). Again, I am not a legal expert but I believe that in Texas he would be legal using deadly force.

There must be a senile component to this as the admission to authorities of the shooting of the fleeing BGs was not something that I would make. Why do people make such stupid comments unless they have lost it mentally? The fact that the woman was pregnant was irrelevant. Pregnant woman can kill you just as easily as a non-pregnant woman and to attack an 80 year old and break a collarbone is substantial. But please do not assume that because he is 80 that he will be dead and buried before this gets to court. 80 is the new 70 and very likely he will be in court and facing a jury. I wish that I would be a juror on this one as he would walk free (assuming what was stated in the article is true). I don't believe that he would be prosecuted in Texas.