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Robbery victim wants to thank Good Samaritans who came to his rescue
KHOU 11 News ^ | January 11, 2013 | Drew Karedes / KHOU 11 News

Posted on 01/12/2013 5:07:39 PM PST by suthener

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To: suthener

After reading this story I realized I was grinning from ear to ear.


21 posted on 01/13/2013 2:05:23 AM PST by Ron H. (America on the fast track to oblivion.)
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Again I am glad they caught the bad guy, but, what if the guy chasing the other was really the bad guy and they shot the wrong person?

Not being sarcastic but I've found that life is full of what if's.

22 posted on 01/13/2013 2:08:26 AM PST by Ron H. (America on the fast track to oblivion.)
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Here in Houston, being a robber can be VERY hazardous to your health. Lots of folks carry concealed. People also tend to protect their neighbors and their neghbors' property.

If the conditions were as stated, i.e. the first guy was robbed at gunpoint, the second two guys were perfectly legal under Texas law to chase the SOB down and shoot his sorry rear, up to and including killing him. See Texas Penal Code, Title 2, Chapter 9.

23 posted on 01/14/2013 1:46:33 PM PST by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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I completely understand.

What if I was running down the road trying to catch someone I was trying to kill and 2 men came up and asked what was going on and I said “HE ROBBED ME AT GUN POINT!!!” and those two guys went and shot him dead while I ran off never to be seen again.

Again, I don’t have a problem with shooting the right guy. I have a problem with trusting the other guys word that the guy I am about to shoot is who they say he is.

If I was in that car, I would have said “well stop chasing him and consider yourself lucky”.

Had I seen it all go down the robber would likely be dead.


24 posted on 01/14/2013 5:32:00 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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