Comments on: Man Kills Suspects While On Phone With 911

Two Men Shot In Texas By Joe Horn Who Saw Suspects Leaving Neighbor's House

[michaelt302]

I LOVE this story and I suspect at least 80% Americans will as well. Those scum got EXACTLY what was coming to them, and this story will send a message to criminals: think twice before doing the crime. You MAY end up dying. And, you''ll never get a jury conviction for this. Never. Joe Horn should be given a freekin medal for this. And you gun-hating, law-hating liberals: you can all kiss my a*ss and die.

[ms38654ob]

Here in MS there is a similar law, but it only applies to your own property.

Mr. Horn shot those robbers in his yard, they were coming after HIM! I say BRAVO. Good shooting. Two less scum buckets robbing houses.

I say that anyone who has the nerve to break into a home has the nerve to be shot to death by anyone who catches them.

Good shooting Mr. Horn!

[coupebibamba]

I support what he did but people need to keep in mind that in other situations this might lead to mistaken murders. For example what if you thought someone was robbing your neighbor and shot them only to find out later it was some kids playing a joke, or a friend going in and out or something. In this situation I think its great but we can''t just let everyone shoot everyone they think is a robber just because they''re a minority and they''re in and out of your neighbor''s house.

[bobgee_1999]

This isn''t all that surprising, I guess, in Bush America. The death penalty for SUSPECTED criminals, right? Because they hadn''t been tried or convicted of anything, and there are no witnesses but the executioner. Anyone who says they see nothing wrong with this is an imbecile or a liar. About 20 years ago a friend and I were picked up by the cops for suspected rape. We were innocent and had alibis, no charges were brought and after a line-up we were released, but under your theory we should have just been shot on the street. Anyone who has ever been in any kind of run-in with a cop should simply be executed, I guess, because the minute a cop takes interest official in you, you are a suspect. Don''t advocate the yahoo mentality; it just makes you look stupid.

[prinzowhales]

Mr. Horn was looking after his neighbors...that is what neighbors and neighborhoods in America used to be about...

bitanmax--So what if the burglers were Mexicans...why does that make a difference to you? If they weren''t illegals, they were either guest workers or Americans...and in any event, regardless of race, creed or national origin, Texas and America are well rid of them.

[coupebibamba]

I''m a pretty liberal democrat but hell I love this story... you know what if people are gonna go stealing from people''s homes this is what they get. If more policing power is given to the average citizen then there would be much less crime.

[cdfoxtrot]

When I read the transcript and then read the postings, here, I despair for the US. This Wild West mentality is what has us causing murder and mayhem in Iraq and puts the future of the human species in jeopardy. In any civilized country, this red-neck would have been arrested immediately and charged with murder. Even though the world has changed since "September 1st" (sic), it surely doesn''t mean that people can go around murdering civilians like this. Reminds me why I NEVER want to live in Texas.

[prinzowhales]

If you look at the rap sheets of the men who murdered the family in Connecticutt or the illegals who murdered the college students in New Jersey, you''ll see a picture of criminals who are not controlled by law. Something has to be done--the government''s "catch and release" program to ''fight'' crime clearly is not working. These two didn''t get a chance to graduate to greater crimes.

There are two less burglers in the world. Its not pretty...its not perfect...but, its a start. In Kennesaw, Georgia, when residents were required to own a gun, burglaries declined precipitously.

Some 280 Americans have died from police taserings since 2001...the ''don''t taze me bro'' Florida student could have been one of them...the police do not have a monopoly on force in this society--and both criminals and police should be cognizant of this important fact. If the legal establishment won''t fight crime by keeping criminals off the streets, then the citizens will. There are 1,000,000-plus languishing in prison in America today for using drugs and selling them--lets stop wasting resources on this and use them to fight real crime.

[bitanmax]

What a CRIMINAL Joe Horn is, He wanted to be Big Man and Shoot to Mexicans, they were not stealing his stuff, If he would have stayed in his house, like he was told, then he would not now be a CRIMINAL, he should be put in prison the rest of his life, he Shot and Murdered someone, you can tell he was itching to do it, he had blood in his heart, was a Terrible, Terrible person you are Joe Horn and If you read this I hope no one you love is ever doing anything that might get them Shot and Killed. Pathetic!

[mitywhity]

The 911 dispatcher will always tell you to stick your head in the sand, click your heels and repeat "There''s no place like home." over and over again. What he said makes me side with him when he said: "This is scary." Those punks could have hit his house and that is scary for me to think about. Save rope for the well bucket and just buckshot these predators. They will start finding less risky crime to commit.

[red1530]

If the guy did nothing wouldn''t he be guilty of complicity in the crime because he stood by and let the crooks get away.

[mitywhity]

Well, on the recording of the 911 call, Mr. Horn said they were two black guys. It turns out that they were some punk mexicaners who were repeat offenders and lowlifes. There''s no way that I could take a life even in self defense without some mixture of dread and confusion that he is experiencing. He did what had to be done. We have to stop turning a blind eye to this stuff and facillitating crime by passivity. He should receive the John Wayne American Spirit Award for 2007.

[richnj1]

"WHAT IS THE PROBLEM??"
Posted by libsluvsuvs at 02:31 PM : Nov 17, 2007

There are three problems:

1. Wait until some kid forgets his keys and is just trying to get in the house, or something innocent like that, and some trigger-happy neighbor blows him away.

2. These were burglars, and apparently UNARMED. No reasonable person thinks that death is the appropriate penalty for a burglary. If a cop had shot them under these circumstances, the cop would be going to jail and deservedly so.

3. The phone call transcript clearly indicates that Mr. Horn UNDERSTOOD and CHOSE TO IGNORE the direct instruction of the police dispatcher not to go out there. Because he initiated the confrontation in defiance of the order not to do so, I would vote to indict him on two counts of murder.

[cbs_oliver]

Wow!

Straight forward premeditated murder!

Just another punk killer with a lame excuse.

[thericster1]

One writer said Mr. Horn was judge, jury, and executioner, you''re right. We need to give him his hazardous duty pay.

[prinzowhales]

When I was a police officer years ago, we used to replace the bullets of a citizen who shot at a burgler. I fondly remember going to the scene of a burglary where the intended victim, a septugenarian with cataracts in both eyes emptied a .38 at some punk...he jumped through the window taking curtains and window frame with him and left a trail of blood across the yard and over a wooden fence. I hope the Pasadena police will replace the shells Mr. Horn expended in defense of himself, his neighbors and his community! Bravo, Mr. Horn!

[rosesnpearls]

Don''t Mess with Texas, we are armed. He saved a whole lot of wasted time, tax dollars and these two guys getting right back out on the street to break laws again. Others may want to think twice before being greedy enough to take someone else''s possessions. Is it important enough to die for?

[middleman8]

This is typical Texas "horse *** and gun-smoke" mentality.
Just a decision that Bush makes on a world basis.

[libsluvsuvs]

two criminals are dead..future crimes were divereted..the cost..2 shotgun shells WHAT IS THE PROBLEM??