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"you mean to say that in TX, if I caught someone trying to hot-wire my truck and I popped him in the head with a .45, I walk? "

I'll defer to our Texas FReepers on the question but judging from what I have read here over the years, Texas has some pretty good laws about use of deadly force to protect property. In fact, it has been noted, more than once, that just being on someone else's property after dark is sufficient reason to cause them to assume ambient temperature.

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Let me try that again. Being on someone's property in Texas with the intent to steal property or cause harm, after dark, can get you shot with no consequences to the property owner.