Lock Your Doors

[DDTSGM]

Yes, from a few days ago.

This has become a yearly spring ritual when a certain bear emerges from hibernation and remembers the sunflower seed my wife used to keep on the porch. No seed there this year, but I guess he decided to take a gander anyway. :-0

This reminds me of the title story in a Patrick McManus book:



I tried to find a copy of the story on the internet but was unsuccessful. It's hilarious.

[Chuck Whitlock]

In Texas you can, as long as it's nighttime. /true

Yeah, but.....you may not be arrested at the time, but the case will most likely still go before a Grand Jury. And that is completely aside from the wrongful death civil suit that will be brought by the family.

I’d be reluctant to own a car that is attractive or attention getting. Been looking at stick shift single cab F350’s in white.

A group in this area targets 4-door white pickups because they are ubiquitous.

It seems like this area seems to have a correlation to what I saw in Florida, basements seem to be a rarity compared to where I grew up...

We don't have basements here....because we are at sea level.

[Dog Face Gremlin]

So my wife comes out of our house to walk the dog around 11:00PM on a very foggy, drizzly night.....couldn't see across the street....as soon as our dog cleared the door his nose went up and he began doing his usual...up on his hind legs growling like a tiger...next thing, 3 guys run out of or neighbors driveway across the street headed for the corner.....guess they were about to boost the neighbors car parked in the driveway........good thing my wife is strong and can hold him back....almost.

[Half Moon]

We don't have basements here....because we are at sea level.

Where there's a will, there's a way! When I was stationed at Orlando, some of the base buildings had basement levels... and continuously running pumps to keep them from flooding. One of the jobs of the roving patrol was to listen for the pump failure alarms...

[Totem Polar]

...as soon as our dog cleared the door his nose went up and he began doing his usual...up on his hind legs growling like a tiger...next thing, 3 guys run out of or neighbors driveway across the street headed for the corner.....guess they were about to boost the neighbors car parked in the driveway........good thing my wife is strong and can hold him back....almost.

Not just a pretty face, that pup.

[RoyGBiv]

Yeah, but.....you may not be arrested at the time, but the case will most likely still go before a Grand Jury. And that is completely aside from the wrongful death civil suit that will be brought by the family.

You can certainly get sued civilly but are protected in TX by a very brief, clearly worded immunity for justifiable self defense.

For the benefit of others that might not know.... emphasis is mine...

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/D...htm/PE.9.htm#D

Sec. 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.

and.....

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/D.../htm/CP.83.htm

CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE

TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT

CHAPTER 83. USE OF FORCE OR DEADLY FORCE

Sec. 83.001. CIVIL IMMUNITY. A defendant who uses force or deadly force that is justified under Chapter 9, Penal Code, is immune from civil liability for personal injury or death that results from the defendant's use of force or deadly force, as applicable.

[Dog Face Gremlin]

Not just a pretty face, that pup.

That's the Thousand Yard stare..........

[Coyotesfan97]

Yin and Yang 1000 yard stare

[HCM]

Yeah, but.....you may not be arrested at the time, but the case will most likely still go before a Grand Jury. And that is completely aside from the wrongful death civil suit that will be brought by the family.





A group in this area targets 4-door white pickups because they are ubiquitous.



We don't have basements here....because we are at sea level.

In general we don't have basements in Texas because a basements primary function is to get the foundation below the frost line to prevent shifting and cracking during the freeze-thaw cycle. Since the ground doesn't freeze here... we don't need basements and slabs are cheaper.

[Borderland]

You can certainly get sued civilly but are protected in TX by a very brief, clearly worded immunity for justifiable self defense.

For the benefit of others that might not know.... emphasis is mine...

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/D...htm/PE.9.htm#D



and.....

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/D.../htm/CP.83.htm

I remember reading a story about a guy who saw two men breaking into his neighbors house. He shot both of them on his neighbors property. He was never criminally charged. That was somewhere in TX awhile ago. I would never find that news story but my memory is still pretty good.

Edit.

I did find it. He shot them on his property. Apparently they confronted him. 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ho...ng_controversy