Florida Gas Station Owner Charged With Attempted Murder In The Shooting Of Shoplifter

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July 20, 2018, 09:00 AM

rscalzo

Florida Gas Station Owner Charged With Attempted Murder In The Shooting Of Shoplifter

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posted July 19, 2018 09:17 AM Hide Post
I'm fairly certain that at least ONE person on the jury will not convict him, regardless of what the law says

In the meantime, at what cost? In the end the business wl be gone alone with his assets. For a six pack of beer?

July 20, 2018, 09:07 AM

HK Ag

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Originally posted by jhe888:
While this is not legal advice, Texas statutes do permit the use of deadly force to protect your own property, and even the property of others.

Which is why Ahmed the Stop-N-Go owner shoots about five or six thieves in Houston a year. That, and no one here doubts that the thief (and most of them are armed) is likely to try to hurt you, so it is also self-defense.

Exactly as it should be, let me add!

jhe888, others remind me, in Texas once it gets dark outside, there are other defenses for property owners correct?

Thanks,
HK Ag

July 20, 2018, 09:07 AM

newtoSig765

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Originally posted by rscalzo:
In the meantime, at what cost? In the end the business wl be gone alone with his assets. For a six pack of beer?

The way I look at it, it's not the beer, but our right to operate in a less-and-less free society.

As I said earlier, maybe he should just hang a sign out front that says "Free Beer."

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