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I'm not defending the two men who robbed the neighbor's home of about $2,000 in jewelry and cash. But was this worth their lives? These men were not armed, and they posed no threat to Horn, although he claims that they came into his yard.

This statement is full of *crap*! I've been one one very bad situation and it didn't happen overnight.

It began with mild vandalism, then some petty thievery, then a little bit of property destruction... then we moved on to breaking in when my husband and I weren't home, and finally he broke in when my husband was away and I was alone. The cops had been called at least a dozen times up to that point and we lived ONE BLOCK from the police department. It was a single-action .357 that saved me that night.

These people "test" and poke and prod at their targets, slowly escalating to see how far they can take it. They have NO empathy, no compassion, no sense of guilt over the damage they do. They actually think *your* fear is funny. And they escalate. This time it was $2,000. Next time it's a car. After that it's armed robbery of a gas station. Eventually somebody's kid/mother/father/son is taking a bullet to the face.

And, yes. I believe that every one of these punks should be put down like dogs while they're committing the crime in question. This saves the taxpayers a long, expensive trial and the money for their care and feeding.

I will also point out, *most of these people are never caught*. When they are incarcerated, it's only for a short time, then they're crapped back into the streets by the penal system, free to keep acting like animals.

If my own son developed a severe case of "Stupid" and was shot and killed for breaking into a neighbor's garage, I wouldn't blame my neighbor. I'd blame my son for being an idiot and myself for not raising him correctly. Then I would thank my neighbor of removing my defective genetic material from society before he could inflict further damage.

Criminals weigh consequences and risk. "Castle Law" dramatically increases both. IMHO, this man just changed the rules of the game for the entire state of Texas and made it a safer place for law-abiding citizens to live.