houstondan wrote:
well, sorta,,,,,unless you're keeping your airplane in your house
you'll probably get to make lots of new friends at huntsville.

if you have a carry permit you know all this but generally you can
shoot to preserve life, not property and generally if it's dark and
someone is trying to get into your house then it's deemed reasonable to
fear for your life.

better you should wing him, wrap him up in spare tiedowns, take him to
the house and do him there.

Sorry Dan, but you're wrong... I've got a CHL and I am very well aware
of the laws... You're mistaking Texas with some of those ****in'
socialistic liberal ass states up north... Hell, there was a case
awhile back where a guy shot a repo guy who was getting his truck... It
was a legal repo, but the guy claimed that he thought that his truck
was being stolen... The shooting was justified...

The Texas laws:
snip
9.41. Protection of One's Own Property

(a) A person in lawful possession of land or tangible, movable
property is justified in using force against another when and to the
degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary
to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on the land or unlawful
interference with the property.

(b) A person unlawfully dispossessed of land or tangible, movable
property by another is justified in using force against the other when
and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is
immediately necessary to reenter the land or recover the property if
the actor uses the force immediately or in fresh pursuit after the
dispossession and:

(1) the actor reasonably believes the other had no claim of
right when he dispossessed the actor; or

(2) the other accomplished the dispossession by using force,
threat, or fraud against the actor.

9.42. Deadly Force to Protect Property

A person is justified in using deadly force against another to
protect land or tangible, movable property:

(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under
Section 9.41; and

(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force
is immediately necessary:

(A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson,
burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or
criminal mischief during the nighttime; or

(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after
committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the
nighttime from escaping with the property; and

(3) he reasonably believes that:

(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by
any other means; or

(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or
recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a
substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.

9.43. Protection of Third Person's Property

A person is justified in using force or deadly force against
another to protect land or tangible, movable property of a third person
if, under the circumstances as he reasonably believes them to be, the
actor would be justified under Section 9.41 or 9.42 in using force or
deadly force to protect his own land or property and:

(1) the actor reasonably believes the unlawful interference
constitutes attempted or consummated theft of or criminal mischief to
the tangible, movable property; or

(2) the actor reasonably believes that:

(A) the third person has requested his protection of the land
or property;

(B) he has a legal duty to protect the third person's land or
property; or

(C) the third person whose land or property he uses force or
deadly force to protect is the actor's spouse, parent, or child,
resides with the actor, or is under the actor's care.
/snip

End result -- you break into my house, my car, or my plane, you're
toast... If I'm feeling particularly generous that day, I *might* let
your friends and relatives find your body...

Hell, if you make a mess, you should clean it up yourself, right?
Preferrably in an ecologically friendly manner...

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