From the comments I see here on Texas law, this would be no-billed there. Perp was breaking into cars in the homeowner's driveway, took a bullet for his efforts.
"My son didn't deserve to die the way he did"
That's right. He deserved to die a much worse death.
This guy's a pillar of society according to his mother. (sarcasm) This is a case of applied socialism, redistribution of oxygen from someone who obviously had too much and was wasting it to those who really need it. (more sarcasm)
I wonder how long until self defense becomes a capital punishment?
Humor: The old rule was that the perp has to be IN THE HOME to support a "self-defense" defense for the homeowner. As a youngster I used to hear the adults say: if you shoot him on the back steps be sure to drag him into the kitchen before you call the cops.
I couldn't believe the title until I saw the location. Weird people in the PA's office. Brady lovers apparently.
Once upon a time in this nation, we believed that if someone stuck their finger in an electric outlet they deserved to get shocked for being dumb enough to stick their finger in the outlet. We also believed that the consequences of their action would serve as a lesson to them and to others.
Today though, our nanny state, which neither believes that anyone should ever have to suffer the consequences of their actions nor should there be any lessons, would like to charge the electric outlet for causing harm to the fool who stuck his finger in it. But for obvious reasons, they can't bring charges against it, so they bring charges against the electric company and the makers of electric outlets. All of this just goes to show how disconnected from reality America has become.
Someone refresh my memory – was it Massachusetts where a prominent politician suggested that if you discover a burglar in your home you should flee your home and let the police handle it?
A $5 wager says that the county DA dreams of someday
becoming AG of Mass...and then Govenor.
The rules for self-defense are:
1. You MUST have a REASONABLE belief of:
DEATH, INJURY, or SERIOUS BODILY HARM that is IMMINENT or ABOUT TO HAPPEN!
2. You CANNOT plug someone over property...EVER! Call 9-11 and then call your insurance company.
3. With modern forensics, it is highly INADVISABLE to plug a turd and drag them back inside. Luminol can dicipher blood splatter marks.
I teach NRA firearms safety and listen to a lawyer give his legal brief every WEEK! You violate those rules for self-defense, expect to get charged.
REMEMBER: DEATH FORCE is A SHOT(s) FIRED! Whether you MEANT to hit them or NOT!
If you PULL your weapon EXPECT the cops to show up.
If you SHOOT someone, here is what you MUST SAY to the cops:
1. I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE. I was OHHHHH so SCARED!
2. HE/THEY/SHE said that they were going to M*****F*****ING KILL me.
3. I WILL NOT SAY ANOTHER WORD UNTIL I SPEAK TO A LAWYER!
Folks, you have CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, USE THEM!
Ah, a Vietnam combat veteran. Must be guilty of any violent crime; no need for an expensive trial.
Why is this irrelevant fact in paragraph 3?
After almost 40 years, I'd like to be used to this, but it still rankles...
Ever see an article about a crook that said "...a former antiwar protestor..." Thought not.
"No good deed gors unpunished".
When convicted I hope his family file legal action to charge the prosecutor with second degree murder.Oh --
es verdad- they no longer allow the death penalty in America
Is unlawful imprisonment a crime in America today?
The liberal MSM NEVER reports the incidents that shine gun owners in a positive light. I would like to see statistics map of the U.S. showing gun ownership versus non gun ownership and the associated crime rates. I would be very surprised if it showed anything other than lower crime rates in higher gun ownership areas.
Bump for later reading
He should be rewarded for ridding the earth of another piece of scum.
Dateline: Massachusettes... that's all you need to know.
Leave a girl for dead at the bottom of a lake, and try to cover it up... you get to be a Senator. Kill a scumbag that is in the process of trying to steal your property be charged with murder.
I visited my sister there yesterday. I got a speeding ticket (a set-up right past a sign where the speed limit is arbitrarily cut nearly in half).
Then on the way out (got lost in boston, of course), I see the most enormous billboard I have ever seen with some message about how "gun laws work." I couldn't wait to get away from that God forsaken socialist pit.