Nov 28, 2007, 04:08 AM
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Those two men were probably desperate and reckless, but it's terrible that they died. Definitely don't think any kind of theft warrants a death penalty. I wonder if these two particular thieves knew what they were getting into; did they even stop to think that they might've died?
In Colorado (and Oklahoma I think), there's this law called "Make My Day", no joke. Don't know if this is the law that Texas uses too, but it petty much states that someone can use deadly force if their home/property is in danger. (and it's named after a line Clint Eastwood said D': )
Anyway, the article says that it was a neighbor's house that was being burglarized but, when Horn saw the two men near his own home, thought that his property was in danger too? (kinda half-assed question, since he DID say that he was going to kill 'em)
Also, a lot of people are saying after Horn told the thieves "move, you're dead", they provoked him, but isn't it possible that he was just a little trigger happy/jumpy? (maybe one of them coughed a bit...)
I mean, he shot the shotgun THREE TIMES.
For two men, ten or twelve feet away from the shooter, seems a bit excessive, doesn't it?
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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