Joe Horn is my hero!
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In case you do not know who he is, he is all over the news for shooting two young black guys who broke into his neighbors home and when they went to flee he told them to stop. He said they turned to come after him and he shot them both. They died on his property.
I am sure there are many people here who say that what he did was wrong but that is a load of crap. Its sad that they died but that kind of bullshit cannot be allowed. If they were breaking into my house I would expect my neighbor to do the same.
he was on the phone with the dispatcher for over 8 minutes. The cops took way too long.
(Sorry that I did not post the story)
I am sure there are many people here who say that what he did was wrong but that is a load of crap. Its sad that they died but that kind of bullshit cannot be allowed. If they were breaking into my house I would expect my neighbor to do the same.
he was on the phone with the dispatcher for over 8 minutes. The cops took way too long.
(Sorry that I did not post the story)
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Sweep the Leg Johnny.
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
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I read about this story. I am not sure how they turned to come after him, when he left the safety of his home to shoot them. Plus the fact that he shot both of them as they were leaving makes me think he was more interested in shooting someone then stopping a crime. I mean you would think after he shot one the other would surrender. Plus if they had already broken in and were leaving, how is shooting them stopping any crime?
B/c he stood up to the people in this world who think they can go through life doing what ever they feel like without any consequences. Its getting out of hand and I feel that sometimes you need to go to the extreme to make a difference.
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
I did not see them. i shall look harder
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
make a difference eh? last i checked... yup... people are still committing crimes. i believe there was another one in chicago yesterday. damn, we were so close!
yeah, he was on the phone with a 911 operator who told him police were on their way and he should stay in his house. he said he'd kill them before letting them get away. they started to leave, he went out and killed them with a shotgun.
ill grab the link.
I was afraid I was the only one considering the precision of the skin colour and age of the dead guys useless.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_re_us/burglary_shooting;_ylt=AtXdXPV7Uv0Wk.Cdvbgpo8wDW7oF
http://wjz.com/national/joe.horn.shoots.2.570499.html
Thanks. Sounds to me like he was planning on shooting them regardless. That stuff in the OP about them coming after him is bullshit. He told the dispathcher he was going to kill them! Hardly heroic IMO. More like Texas style vigilante justice and an unecessary killing of two burglars, probably (i can't be certain but i have a feeling in my gut) motivated by the fact that they happened to be Black.
You've got some pretty low standards if some trigger happy hick is your hero.
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Damn... I wonder if loitering is considered "criminal mischief". If that's the case, then just about every teenager hanging out at night could be shot.
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yeah, but don't worry. texans will know the difference and understand that boys will be boys. so you're safe... well, if you're white. if you're black... you're probably a thug.
No no. That is not how I feel at all.
Two years ago a guy broke into my house. He was hiding in my daughters bedroom. She was not born yet but he was in there while my wife came home from work and then took a pregnancy test. Long story short, I missed him by an hour.
If I caught him I would have killed him dead. If he was running away, I would have shot him and dragged him into the house. I am not a racist. I do not like people who hate. And I am not angry at the world. But, it left me with a no tolerance mind set.
I know that its a different situation then the one with Joe Horn but I think he should have tried to stop them.
Sorry but that how I feel
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
And this is why we have laws, so we can't just shoot someone every time something is "getting out of hand." Drunk Driving's getting out of hand (and more dangerous than burglary). The law looks for more than "getting out of hand" when deciding if it's ok to kill someone.
he was in your house. if you'd shot him, id have said hats off to you and glad you're not hurt. these guys were in someone else's house, he went out there and shot them as they ran away. there's a diff.
I know, your right but I put myself in that situation and I think I would do the same. I would sertenly try to stop them without killing them, but I would also not let them get away
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
they ran. what else could he do? it was let them get away or kill them. i'd let them go. id rather let it slide than make a mistake.
Wait, were they shot in the front or the back of there body?
One guy was on his property.
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
oh wrong Joe Horn.
You do know that all Texans are not redneck dumbasses?? This is an old law that definitely needs to be changed.
But that would never have happened had he just stayed inside. Any danger he was in was pretty much self created. While inside, he should have asked himself "is it worth possibly shooting someone or even getting shot at to save my neighbor's stuff?"
If these two guy had been armed and pulled out guns, he could have gotten one, but the other would have killed him.
And, for all the people cheering this guy, very few have actually shot anyone. I doubt he feels to great about it now. He won't be punished by the courts, but he'll be in a sort of prison for some time.
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Hail, Hail!!!
it was after he scored a touchdown abd before he shot 2 guys.
Hail, Hail!!!
i was under the impression this law was very recently enacted.
you mean he's not the one who shot those two dead?
too bad, he would have got some tv time despite his terrible season as you brought out.
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hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks