Closing Arguments: Should You Be Allowed To Protect Property With Lethal Force?

It's PRIVATE PROPERTY the intruder is violating - therefore, YES they have the right to protect their PRIVATE PROPERTY and family with deadly force! if the intruder doesn't want to be killed, it simple.. don't intrude!

I do believe you should be able to protect your own property, but you shouldn't have the right to take it upon yourself to protect your neighbors home. It's was none of Mr. Horns business. Bet you anything if it was a black man they would have prospected and stuck him beneath the jail.

I came here to see how many idiots were posting that they should cower and wait for others to protect them at their leisure, but found a bunch honest-to-God Americans posting. God bless Texas.

I think we should be allowed to look out for each other in our own household and our neighbors... I with I lived in texas I think I will move least I know someone has my back...

Legal? Who cares. I'm gonna do it anyway. I'll worry about 'legal' as soon as the perps- and the current US REGIME begins to do so.
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I think it's great that this guy didn't get charged for this. We need more people like this and there would be less criminals. Who cares about these criminals anyways.

Texas got it right--stop defending the guilty and prosecuting the victims of crime!
Unfortunately here in Maryland only the criminals can carry weapons--it is bass-ackward here like many Liberal states
Keep our rights alive and stop the criminals in their tracks.

Joe Horn takes his place as hero right beside Sheriff Joe out in AZ! Lead on, Brave Men!

By any means necessary. It's legal in Texas! I wish Mr. Horn was my neighbor. I hope that someone gives him a parade to celebrate hard working Americans. It's amazing that you didn't mention in the story that these two guys were ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. They broke the law to come to Texas and they continued to break the law by breaking in hard working AMERICANS homes! God Bless Mr. Horn!!!

A man's home is his castle. Protect it at all costs. When seconds count the police are only a few minutes away! We must be able to protect our selves.

You forgot to mention that both these individuals were shot in the BACK. Some threat! The shooter was wayyyy out of line. These guys were no threat to him, he left his place of safety (inside his home) and went out and deliberately shot 2 people in the back. Talk about vigilante justice. Personally, I think this man probably has early dementia or some other mental problem. He kept saying he needed to protect himself, but he was perfectly safe. He walked and deliberately murdered 2 people, even though the police were on their way. This frontier mentality and "take no prisoners" attitude in Texas is pathetic. I do not believe that it reflects the attitude of the rest of the United States.

Yes- protection of our homes and families and our lives is our responsbility- not the government's! I'll take care of my own healthcare, protect my own person and family -thank you!

Lets put it this way. Your neighbor sees a man taking everything you own and loading it into a truck. When you get home your neighbors tells you "Hey buddy i saw three black clothed mask wearing individuals coming out your window and waved at them as they were driving away with all your stuff. I hope you dont mind?" If you say naw i dont mind you are a liar. I commend this guy for shooting those criminals maybe they will think twice before doing it again. Oh yeah and does anyone have this mans address i want to live next to him.

Should have that in Ohio. Neighbors taking care of neighbors....

No...lets just let the crooks rule and blame the police for allowing it to happen. If they are caught lets let them out sooner so they can come back and take some more stuff...oh yea...tell the cops not to chase them because someone may get hurt...

The law should ALWAYS be on the side of the homeowner instead of the thieves. I'm sick and tired of people getting away with crimes in this country. No sympathy from me, the thieves brought it on themselves. It's just one more thug off the streets.

YES YES YES!!! Texas rules!! HOW can this even be argued...

He definitely committed a crime and should be tried.

By expanding the power to use lethal force beyond your own personal property (or even defining property too broadly), we open the door for vigilante justice. There's a reason society decided to trust the power to enforce laws to a professionally trained sector of the community; vigilante justice results in social instability and is bad for everyone in the long-run.

It may feel good, but it isn't right.

Since the police can't be everywhere at once, we must protect our lives and property, as times are only going to get worse.

When seconds count the police are only minutes away. My neighbors and I have exchanged dollars between us and now we all have an interest in each others homes. With out a doubt we have an interest in protecting each other.