Regardless, you can never ever use lethal force to protect property. Only to protect life.
.............................You are wrong. Yes, in Texas, you can use lethal force to protect property under certain situations, one of them being after dark, another is when there is no possible safe way to stop someone from stealing your property.
That may be so...but you can still be tried in federal court. US Supreme Court decsion in the 80’s I think. If state law allows this then you are subjected to a criminal court on the Federal level. Much worse prospect I think. Federal courts don’t screw around.
Bottom line in that opinion is that you can never ever use lethal force to protect property only life.