God bless the poor dear man. He did the right thing, but like all who are in that situation, he will always have to live with himself. He’s the sort I’d like to have as a neighbor, and would feel perfectly safe around.
When the police will not come, or cannot come immediately (as in a rural area), there is nothing else to be done except be your own law. Just because people have insurance on their belongings and home is no reason to stand back and let lawless illegal alien thieves steal everything of value in broad daylight. That is just an invitation to further burglary and, since they stole guns, murder in the commission of their crimes.
Mr. Horn is a hero, and he will always pay the price such men pay. God bless him.
I lived in Houston from 1980 to 1997-... Just wondering, if youre referring to this case, I never considered Pasa-get-down-dena to be a rural area. That neighborhood is not far from the Fairmont Parkway and Red Bluff Road, very close to San Jac College Central campus, and about 2 miles from beltway 8. My point being, that it's doubtful that the police could not get there faster because the area was in a remote location.