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Old 03-24-2013, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeffersonwasright View Post
I personally think that's an appropriate course of action. It's not a requirement in states like Texas, though, nor are homeowners typically charged for shooting an intruder, regardless of the intruder's identity, condition or motive. Still it seems that a verbal warning to someone attempting illegal entry could potentially save the homeowner a lot of trouble. The question is, why don't more homeowners do it? Why are there so many stories now of homeowners who wait quietly inside the house, then open fire when the intruder appears?
Please refer to all these stories of homeowners lying in wait. Sounds like internet, antigun BS.
Since you refer often what the law does and doesn't allow in Texas...
Here's a place for you to start. It's the actual law, "in Texas".
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/interne...rms/chl-16.pdf
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