[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

There’s more to this than is being told. No place in the US can you shoot someone for merely trespassing or attempted B&E.

I thought you have to "hail the house" in Texas after dark or you are fair game to be shot.

[Tenacious 1]

I thought you have to "hail the house" in Texas after dark or you are fair game to be shot.

Whose Hail? Oh, you mean like, "When the hail are ya gonna let me in?"

[SFA Lumberjack]

In Texas, we have just about tested every situation. In Houston, a man in a second floor apt. heard someone breaking into a car,....his. There was no "hailing" done. He saw him through a second floor window, retrieved his rifle, and shot him through the windshield as the perp was backing his car out. No charge.

Another was repo'ing his car in front of his house, shot the repo man dead. No charge. If you want to repo my car, knock on the door.

In Texas, if its after dark, you can protect your life AND PROPERTY. If its daylight, you must fear for your life.