TX: Houston homeowner kills attacker armed with crow bar

philip964 · Post by **philip964** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:24 pm

https://www.click2houston.com/news/home ... police-say

After caught attempting to break to a man’s home burglar attempted to attack homeowner with a crow bar. Homeowner defended himself with a his gun.

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:57 pm

Good Shoot!

Allons · Post by **Allons** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:21 am

Good job homeowner!

Scott B. · Post by **Scott B.** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 am

I was looking forward to reading how the homeowner beat the attacker to death with a crow bar.

GeekwithaGun · Post by **GeekwithaGun** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:04 am

Scott B. wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 am I was looking forward to reading how the homeowner beat the attacker to death with a crow bar.

bblhd672 · Post by **bblhd672** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:10 am

Scott B. wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 am I was looking forward to reading how the homeowner beat the attacker to death with a crow bar.

philip964 · Post by **philip964** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:17 am

Ok corrected. Sorry.

OneGun · Post by **OneGun** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:41 am

Never mind. Misread article title.

ELB · Post by **ELB** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:56 am

OneGun wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:41 am I'm concerned that that no charges have been filed against the burglar. The burglar attacked the homeowner with a crowbar. Why hasn't he been charged with aggravated assault?? Is it because HPD chief Acevedo is anti-2nd Amendment??

Um, facetious? Acevedo is no friend of the 2A, but the burglar is dead, so charges not usually filed against dead people.

crazy2medic · Post by **crazy2medic** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:05 pm

ELB wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:56 am
OneGun wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:41 am I'm concerned that that no charges have been filed against the burglar. The burglar attacked the homeowner with a crowbar. Why hasn't he been charged with aggravated assault?? Is it because HPD chief Acevedo is anti-2nd Amendment??
Um, facetious? Acevedo is no friend of the 2A, but the burglar is dead, so charges not usually filed against dead people.

They typically don't show up for their court date either!

Scott B. · Post by **Scott B.** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:15 pm

philip964 wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:17 am Ok corrected. Sorry.

No apology necessary. It was an eye catching thread title.

bblhd672 · Post by **bblhd672** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:52 pm

Scott B. wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:15 pm
philip964 wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:17 am Ok corrected. Sorry.
No apology necessary. It was an eye catching thread title.

Actually was looking forward to reading about homeowner disarming the burglar and beating him with his own crowbar. On the other hand, disarming and beating with a crowbar is a lot of work. Easier to shoot the criminal, even if the criminal's grandfather later says it wasn't fair to shoot him because he was only armed with a crowbar.

rotor · Post by **rotor** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:04 pm

Gee, is it "fair" to use a gun against a robber armed with a crowbar? LOL

C-dub · Post by **C-dub** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:16 pm

Remember when all the liberals were upset at Trump because he was not calling for the death penalty for the Las Vegas mass murderer?

philip964 · Post by **philip964** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:34 pm

Lot of subtlety to this story.

Home owner arrived home and caught burglar attempting to break in. So he was not inside, may have only been on his property with a crow bar at night. So that would be trespass. My understanding not allowed to use deadly force.

When man was confronted, he attacked with a crow bar, then the homeowner was permitted to use deadly force to protect his life.

In many states ( think California, NJ, NY, CT ) homeowner would have been arrested.

Many people feel that victims should just be victims.

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