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Man Cleared for Killing Neighbor's Burglars - 'Castle Doctrine' Gives Texans Unprecedented .....
ABC News ^
| June 30, 2008
| CHRIS BURY and HOWARD L. ROSENBERG
Posted on 06/30/2008 5:14:58 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: All; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; blam; Marine_Uncle; BOBTHENAILER
OK,...now it is a national story...and how about the spin...
.Unprecedented Authority????
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:18:19 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
("What's up with Whitey?" - Michelle Obama)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Right on!!!!!
But watch the race baiters go bananas!
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:18:24 PM PDT
by
Keith Brown
(Among the other evils being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised Machiavelli.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I wish I had a neighbor like Joe Horn. I mean, my neighbors are nice people and all, but they are timid folks. If they saw bad guys breaking into my house they’d hide under their bed covers.
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:19:16 PM PDT
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
You think Texas has a good law, you should read Florida’s castle doctrine.
If you’re gonna be an idiot, don’t be one in the sunshine state!
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:19:50 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, we're still retarded.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“His wife, baby daughter and 6-year-old son were asleep when Barone heard a commotion and grabbed his Glock handgun.”
What cal? 9mm, 40s&w, 45? Great shot!
7.62
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:20:10 PM PDT
by
homeguard
(Frustrated, bitter, gun clinging, bible reading, anti-immigrant, anti-trade, typical white person)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Horn fatally shot the burglars, two illegal immigrants from Colombia named Diego Ortiz and Miguel de Jesus. Stephanie Storey, De Jesus' fiancée, wanted to see Joe Horn prosecuted.
Just a couple of guys doing the burglaries that American burlgars won't do
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:21:04 PM PDT
by
The Lumster
(USA - where the innocent have nothing to fear!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
TEXAS — STILL a Republic!
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:22:10 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: The Lumster
Stephanie Storey, De Jesus' fiancée, wanted to see Joe Horn prosecuted. Nice choice of future husband there Ms. Storey...Idiocracy, here we come.
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:25:50 PM PDT
by
garbanzo
(Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
To: ought-six
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Fortunately, Joe Horn fared better than Tom Horn.
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:28:33 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I’m all for it. My stuff is my stuff. Stay away if you value your life.
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:29:37 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
( I say no to the Hillary Clinton wing of the Republican party. Not now or ever, John McCain...)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
A Texas man who shot and killed two men he believed to be burglarizing his neighbor's home won't be going to trial. He "believed" they were burglarizing his neighbor's home because he watched them break in and start carrying property out.
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:30:52 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
("What's up with Whitey?" - Michelle Obama)
To: garbanzo
She should be kissing the guy’s feet. He saved her from marrying jailbait.
I’ve seen plenty of relationships where people have married such. Once in a blue moon the guy learns his lesson, gets out, and devotes himself to making sure his kids have a better life than he was headed on.
More often I’ve seen the woman end up years later with nothing and unimpressive, emotionally damaged children.
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:31:05 PM PDT
by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; neverdem
Perhaps the reason it didn’t rise to a criminal offense was a 1:1 ratio of bullets used to perps shot? :’)
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:31:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: ovrtaxt
We need more:>>>>
Wikipedia:
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Castle Doctrine in the US,/b>
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A Castle Doctrine (also known as a Castle Law or a Defense of Habitation Law) is an American legal concept derived from English Common Law, which designates one's place of residence (or, in some states, any place legally occupied, such as one's car or place of work) as a place in which one enjoys protection from illegal trespassing and violent attack. It then goes on to give a person the legal right to use deadly force to defend that place (his/her "castle"), and/or any other innocent persons legally inside it, from violent attack or an intrusion which may lead to violent attack. In a legal context, therefore, use of deadly force which actually results in death may be defended as justifiable homicide under the Castle Doctrine.
Castle Doctrines are legislated by state, and not all states in the US have a Castle Doctrine. The term "Make My Day Law" comes from the landmark 1985 Colorado statute that protects people from any criminal charge or civil suit if they use force - including deadly force - against an invader of the home.[1] The law's nickname is a reference to the famous line uttered by Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry in the 1983 film Sudden Impact, "Go ahead, make my day".
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Burglars are now going to think twice before burgling houses in Texas. Taking actions such as this is certainly risky, but the upside is you end up doing everyone else in the community a huge favor.
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:45:57 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Barack Obama--the first black Jimmy Carter.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
06/30/2008 5:47:17 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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