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https://www.click2houston.com/news/home ... police-say

After caught attempting to break to a man’s home burglar attempted to attack homeowner with a crow bar. Homeowner defended himself with a his gun.
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Good job homeowner!
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I was looking forward to reading how the homeowner beat the attacker to death with a crow bar.
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Scott B. wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 am I was looking forward to reading how the homeowner beat the attacker to death with a crow bar.
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Scott B. wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 am I was looking forward to reading how the homeowner beat the attacker to death with a crow bar.
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Ok corrected. Sorry.
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Never mind. Misread article title.
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OneGun wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:41 am I'm concerned that that no charges have been filed against the burglar. The burglar attacked the homeowner with a crowbar. Why hasn't he been charged with aggravated assault?? Is it because HPD chief Acevedo is anti-2nd Amendment??
Um, facetious? Acevedo is no friend of the 2A, but the burglar is dead, so charges not usually filed against dead people.
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ELB wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:56 am
OneGun wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:41 am I'm concerned that that no charges have been filed against the burglar. The burglar attacked the homeowner with a crowbar. Why hasn't he been charged with aggravated assault?? Is it because HPD chief Acevedo is anti-2nd Amendment??
Um, facetious? Acevedo is no friend of the 2A, but the burglar is dead, so charges not usually filed against dead people.
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philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:17 am Ok corrected. Sorry.
No apology necessary. It was an eye catching thread title.
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Scott B. wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:15 pm
philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:17 am Ok corrected. Sorry.
No apology necessary. It was an eye catching thread title.
:iagree: Actually was looking forward to reading about homeowner disarming the burglar and beating him with his own crowbar. On the other hand, disarming and beating with a crowbar is a lot of work. Easier to shoot the criminal, even if the criminal's grandfather later says it wasn't fair to shoot him because he was only armed with a crowbar.
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Gee, is it "fair" to use a gun against a robber armed with a crowbar? LOL
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Remember when all the liberals were upset at Trump because he was not calling for the death penalty for the Las Vegas mass murderer?

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Lot of subtlety to this story.

Home owner arrived home and caught burglar attempting to break in. So he was not inside, may have only been on his property with a crow bar at night. So that would be trespass. My understanding not allowed to use deadly force.

When man was confronted, he attacked with a crow bar, then the homeowner was permitted to use deadly force to protect his life.

In many states ( think California, NJ, NY, CT ) homeowner would have been arrested.

Many people feel that victims should just be victims.
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