Posted on 04/14/2022 11:59:35 AM PDT by willk
Converter thefts have gone through the roof in Houston. Rampant in the Galleria area, which used to be considered somewhat “nice” compared to the rest of the city. Multiple instances in our company parking garage. Hoping that my 4” ground clearance will keep them away.
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Everything turned out fine.
I hope it hurt.
This is a big reason why, beyond climate control, that we must switch to all-electric vehicles. /s
HA HA
Obviously another covid death
Yes, I realize it is "only" property. I also realize in my state you cannot use deadly force to protect property. However, having been the victim of theft several times I have an absolute raging hatred for thieves. If that makes me a bad person, I don't care, I'm ok with that.
Asking a new Supreme Court Associate Justice won't help with this either
“The family of the deceased are said to be “considering their options” when it was revealed that the car was parked in a No Parking zone, after 3pm on weekends.”...(Satire)
“Honest officer. I didn’t realize someone was under my car.”
This cat stuff is getting brutal in Houston. We’ve had about a dozen thefts in my neighborhood alone. A crew has also been working a movie theater parking lot near my neighborhood for months. They got in a gun fight with the off-duties working there a couple weeks ago, and wounded one of them, and even after that they are STILL working the same lot.
If they are anything like the thieves in Houston, I would keep driving. If you back up to check on your handiwork, you are likely to be shot by his buddy.
You can use deadly force to protect property in Texas, but you should be ready for a fight if you do so because the cat thieves are armed and dangerous here. They work in crews and use armed lookouts. One off-duty deputy in Houston was killed trying to stop the theft of his own catalytic converter, and another off-duty was wounded when he tried to stop a theft in a parking lot when he was on a side job. Both within days of each other.
If I saw one under my truck, I think the first thing I would do is move to cover and look for his buddies. And as much as I believe in using deadly force to protect property, I’m not sure I’m interested in a firefight with multiple armed opponents with nothing but my carry piece.
They used to shoot horse thieves. From what I understood, stealing a person‘s horse was the equivalent of killing their entire family because that horse was a means for the family to take care of themselves. Car thieves, and losers who think that they can just steal stuff from other people because they’re too stupid to earn it for themselves, should be treated the same way.
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