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suXor wrote:There has been numerous case law over the years that makes §9.42 useless. From what I have been told is that no one can use deadly force to protect personal property.

I believe you are mistaken. I know of no instance where a person has been tried much less convicted. Please give specific cases, so I may study them in light of §9.42.

While researching you will likely find the following case which I can’t recall the name of the shooter. In the mid to late 90s a Dallas resident stepped out on his front porch after dark and shot at three individuals loading his tires &wheels in their vehicle. One thief temporarily escaped but he shot two, killing one. The Dallas DAs office under public pressure by the minority community brought the remaining thieves, one now a paraplegic, from jail to testify before a grand jury. Both, still in their teens, testified they were unarmed and trying to escape with the stolen wheels & tires. An assistant DA them read the appropriate Texas Statues to the grand jury whereupon they promptly no billed the shooter.

Thanks in advance for your case references,
Wilson

If it was late afternoon (dark) § 9.42 http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes ... 009.00.htm will protect the homeowner, otherwise we hope the thief made a threading move.