I've always liked Texas.Now,i know why.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by MT nester

Hate,retrubution, killing..
All of you are forgetting that the trial by peers and death penalty are the LAW
We should not use hatefull words when speaking of these men who were found guilty of murder by a trial by their peers and now will face their lawfull sentance. Justice will be done. I would not hate a scorpion or snake in my home. just kill it.

I don't hate anyone, and a trial by their peers is great, if there are caught!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if someone breaks in my house, regardless of what country he's from, he'd better hope I'm home and not my wife.....she'll shoot him dead before he knows whats happening, I, on the other hand would be more likely to not shoot first and ask questions later, should my life or anyone else's life be threatened, then all bets are off, I'll start blazing away......

In Louisiana, we have and have had a "Shoot the Burglar" law for quite a few years now, basically it says you can use deadly force to protect yourself and family if someone is in your home. It has been tried in court a few times and so far, the homeowner has always been found not guilty of any crime, and in one instance, a homeowner shot and killed someone that was outside his home in his front yard and he too was found not guilty of any crime......

About 25 years ago, I awoke to a truck (with a busted muffler) idiling in my driveway with it's headlights shining on my truck and wife's car, two teenagers were looking into the 2 vehicles for something to steal when I snuck up on them with a loaded revolver in hand. I turned on the outside floodlights and they just turned around and "froze", not expecting what they saw. They were both looking down the barrel of a Ruger 41 magnum. I told them there was nothing in those two vehicles worth dying for and that they had 5 seconds to vacate the premises and if they ever returned, I'd shoot first and ask questions later, they couldn't leave fast enough........

I'm all for cops and the legal system, it may not always work the way we want it to, but it's still the best system in the world. The cops can't always protect me or my family, especially when we're home, so that leaves it up to the homeowner to protect himself till the cops can get there......

David