Now like Sebatstian said, this seems to be a very muddled case.

Yes, a case could be made that Horn was guilty of poor decision-making for not allowing the police to handle the matter. And when I first heard about the case, it sounded like Horn might have been a little overzealous in defending his neighbor’s home.

Now that I know that at least one of the suspects did approach him and both were ultimately shot on his property, that does change the context of this case quite a bit. To the point where Castle Doctrine would actually come into play.

Which is probably why he got no-billed.

In his situation, I would have stayed inside and left catching the guys to the police. But I’m not going to go so far as to say the grand jury was wrong, because I didn’t see all the evidence. Based on what I’ve seen, it would appear the men in question did approach Horn and enter his property. Not a natural reaction to approach someone wielding a shotgun.

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4474649

It also sounds like one of the criminals decided to move towards Horn before turning away just before being shot. I’m having a hard time imagining why anyone with peaceful intentions would move towards someone had just told them to stop while pointing a shotgun at them.

Dizo is going to call me the long lost brother of Seung-hi Cho the VTech murderer!

Hah! I knew it! Man I’ve gotten that around campus so many times after that terrible day…

“hey man are you related to cho in any way?”

“you asians suck, why do you even have guns?” (airsoft)

Which one is it gonna be?

I’m not white, I’m asian, the hell I would have done the same thing had they threatened me or my neighbor’s life and property. Gonna call me a racist now huh? I DARE YOU. I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU. Keep whining.

Grow up, dizo. You’re not some messiah of goodness, you’re a clueless FLUKE, who DOESN’T even practice what it preaches!

Both Columbian illegals had criminal records, and one had done time for drug dealing. These were the scum of society. One must wonder the future murders, rapes, and other crimes that were prevented by popping caps on those two thugs; additionally, his quick and brave actions probably paid back the two criminals for unmentionable crimes that they probably had never paid for.

Good shooting Joe! You can be my neighbor anytime!

In a free country, a 911 operator does not have the authority of law to command a person to stay in their house.

they could have been workmen asked to do some work by the actual owner

Sure, that’s why he only noticed them when they broke a window to climb in. And it seems that they also climbed out, which seems odd to me. Nevertheless they were carrying a full pillow-case on exit — no likely workman’s tools.

Among many things to be learned here — don’t bring a tire-iron to a shotgun fight.

Coward?! That is funny. Texas wants people who take on and eradicate criminals. And we don’t want people like you here who endorse criminals. Stay in Cali or wherever your leftard ideologies reside.

I DARE any one of you “race card people” to say that out loud if that happens.

Reverse racism, anti black racism, anti asian racism, anti latino racism…is STILL racism. Practice the stuff you preach.

Some of you people need to grow up.

Curtis, what the hell does race have to do with any of this? He saw two men burglarizing his neighbors house and decided to confront them. They were criminals and he took it upon himself to stop them. Other than the fact that Horn is white and these guys were minorities do you have ANY factual basis for your claim that this was racial? Did Horn get all giddy and tell the dispatcher “I’m gunna go shoot me some darkies?” Right. Didn’t think so. Stop projecting racism into a situation where none exists.

Also, regardless of Castle Doctrine I know you can use deadly force to stop the commission of a “forcible felony” in many states. I think burglarly falls under that term. While I wouldn’t have gone out to confront them if in Horn’s situation I certainly can’t fault him for his decision.

Pretty clearly the grand jury decided that a reasonable person would have believed the men were thieves and not workmen. It also seems they came onto his property, which I’m assuming means the police found evidence to indicate this fact.

Why is it you want to be both able to treat entire groups of people worse that animals and then have them not complain in the least. Isnt this asking for a bit too much. Even a rapist knows his victim will scream - you cant have it both ways.

But he hasnt got away with anything really - his will come too …

I wonder, though, if the defender were of latino descent, and the robbers were of caucasian descent, would the same people utter the same cries of “racism”?