Different strokes...
...for different folks...we've all heard this said...
State laws regarding defense of self, others, and property are very different...what is legal in one state is illegal in another...and noone across the country has the right to condemn the moral or legal decisions of another state...after all, the citizens OF THAT STATE, reflecting THEIR wishes and values, voted the laws of their state into being...and someone several states away, in their environment, seldom has enough understanding of what goes on in the other state to make an accurate judgement...that is the LETTER of the law...it determines what conduct is lawful and what is not...in that one state...
...what this thread was supposed to convey was that besides the letter of the law, the SPIRIT of the law exists, too...and that governs the actions like the letter does...but more like fine-tuning...so we should not see "I shot the scum because I could and they can't touch me"-type posts...rather "I decided to use necessary deadly force to stop the threat as defined by the law and allowed by the law"...the first is ignorant and repulses normal people, the second is an intelligent, reasoned statement...I have, in jest or anger, made the first type...as many of us has...but it doesn't do us any favors as gun owners fighting to keep our 2A rights intact...
...as to using deadly force to protect property...which has been criticized often...it is the law of Texas for a reason...the people of TEXAS felt that their truck, cow, home, or business was theirs and not for someone else to take...our families should not be deprived of what we've worked to have just because someone else wants to take it away...citizens' opinions in other states just don't carry much weight here...many more citizens here have been injured or killed by thieves or burglars than have thieves or burglars been killed by citizens defending their property...
...personally, I do not feel that my truck is worth more than a life...but a person who would steal my truck, would often also shoot or beat me for challenging them, might kill someone while fleeing in my truck, or might arm themselves from my truck and harm another...and so my vote would go to allow me, as law has, to decide to stop them if I can...even with deadly force...those from other states have obviously not agreed...but it simply doesn't apply to the situation here...and carry no more weight than my saying their state's law oughta this or that...
...by "this thread," I'm referring to the overview "Rules" thread that had many subtopic links..and all addressed the "wild and crazy" mindset as opposed to intelligent reasoned decisions and expressions...