[Blue Jays]

Hi Spktyr-

If police response time is an hour he could have sat in his kitchen sipping mint iced tea and eating crackers until the troops arrived.

I'm the biggest RKBA proponent around, but I can't see having an elderly man actively looking for someone in his darkened backyard so that he can shoot him. The dead guy was a drunk who left the house earlier. The old man could have simply locked his doors, ensured his sidearm was loaded, and awaited police. No muss, no fuss.

~ Blue Jays ~

[willyd]

That doesn't fly in Texas and every one here knows it, including drunk Mexicans. There was no good reason for him to be there and start a fight with an armed home owner. He was well within his rights and should sleep well tonight. This is the kind of incident that serves as a deterrent for an untold number of future contemplated crimes. Being drunk does not excuse the home invasion.

[Spktyr]

Yeah, you're going to wait 60 minutes in the slim hope that the police *might* get there while you pray the big thug in your yard doesn't do something like:

1. Steal your car.
2. Cut your phone and electricity and assault the house in the confusion.
3. Get pissed off and vent/blow your propane tank.
4. Torch your house with you in it and assault you if you try to escape.

Remember, this is a rural setting. No outside help.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"~ Blue Jays ~"

You really know nothing beyond your biased speculation.

Wife and I are elderly, our closest police are 30 miles away. If someone is prowling around our backyard in the early morning hours, (after a confrontation just minutes before) I am going to look him up, and it will not be to continue the earlier dialog.