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Originally Posted by fredj338
So you shoot the neighbor kid who is drunk & stumbles into your home thru an unlocked door or climbs thru an unlocked window thinking it's his house. yeah get back to me about castle doctrine. There still has to be fear of death or bodily injury. A simple B&E is not gonna cut it, Texas or anyplace else.
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Putting aside the change in underlying assumed facts, if you have a door unlocked for any reason other than to go through it, pay someone to administer slap therapy until that stupidity is corrected. If you have windows open for ventilation, the ones easily reachable, like ground level, should not be opened more than a few inches, and should have a physical barrier that has to be forced. This reduces the risk of such a event, makes noise, and provides evidence in your favor. Anyone who doesn't understand such simple foundational concepts probably needs a guardian more than a gun.
As for what will justify a prosecution in terms of legal analysis and local political environment, that's an outcome hard to predict with certainty unless one is really familiar with the precise community in question.