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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

What is the law on shooting trespassers in Texas?


20 posted on 07/14/2009 7:43:08 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Clemenza

If they are trespassing to burn your property, which is arson, the penalty should be some new holes in the torso...


21 posted on 07/14/2009 7:46:05 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Clemenza
What is the law on shooting trespassers in Texas?

Don't know for sure, since I live in non-castle-doctrine North Carolina, but IIRC, I think you can legally shoot someone who is in the process of committing a felony on your property. Don't know how arson stands under Texas law (misdemeanor vs. felony, or only becomes a felony at a certain value level of the property being burned, etc.).

26 posted on 07/14/2009 10:10:53 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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