Comments on: 911 Call of Texas Man, Shoots Two Robbers (Updated 7/1/08 – Good News!!!! Joe Horn has been cleared of all charges.)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:56:15 +0000

Now that’s the kind of neighbor I’d like to have living next to me! If I were the neighbor that got robbed, I would have helped pay for my neighbor’s lawyer. We need more people like that in the world that are able and willing to stick their neck out and protect those that live around us. I wish that other states (especially North Carolina where I live) would look at the state of Texas and make the laws similar to theirs. I believe that crime wouldn’t happen as much, since people might think about actually getting killed trying to rob someone else.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:52:31 +0000

I agree fully, you decide to come into my house without permission or my neighbors house and I am going to do the same thing but I would not have called the police first. I would have done that after the fact.

By: TxB

TxB — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:13:17 +0000

Tough damn shit. All those kids who make mistakes will sometimes pay for them the hard way.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:15:30 +0000

Since when is robbery punishable by DEATH? In my state you cannot shoot somebody unless it is in self defense or they have broken into YOUR home.

What if one of those men killed was your son?

That man was told that the police were on there way, yet he left his home, went to the neighbors home and shot the men dead.

How many of you have sons and daughters who have made major mistakes. Perhaps shop lifting? Maybe drugs and alcohol? Perhaps your son or daughter is really a good person who went down the wrong road. What if your son or daughter went with somebody to rob a house, building, business, etc. and even though they were not armed, some one in the neighborhood walked over and shot them dead?

I gets sick of criminals who kill, stab, shot, and rape innocent people, and I wouldn’t think twice about killing someone who is doing bodily harm to another person, but I could not kill someone for robbery.

I watched the news, that man wanted to kill those men. He was angry, he was not protecting himself, he was full of hate. Perhaps his next victim will be your son, or husband, he may determine that your relative is up to no good and needs killin.

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:25:30 +0000

Cops need to start doing there job 30min on the phone before the law gets there is ridiculous good job Joe and as far as police goes i live in South Bend, Indiana and the police is never in sight for anything but local 7-11s were they chat and drink coffee 30 min makes me sick

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:01:02 +0000

The man does not seem like a racist, he just sounds like a frustrated man. I would do the same, he acted in the way any person would. People earn theyre stuff by busting their ass working hard so that some dumb burglar can just take it. That is not right at least not in my book I would of done the same to any burglar white, hispanic or whatever race a burglar is a burglar and to me I do not discriminate burglars they will all get the same even if it means deadly force. Its time police enforcement start picking up enforcement or else this will continue to happen.

By: Tracye

Tracye — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:18:48 +0000

Thanks Jenn. But you can discuss legal terms with someone who is better qualified. I’m just voicing my opinion and it’s pretty obvious what that is. But thanks anyway.

By: Tracye

Tracye — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:15:27 +0000

Wow!! We value property more than the life of an individual. If all criminals were meant to die there would be no need for the prison system at all. This man didn’t have any courage, he had a gun. And he’s NOT a hero. Far from it!!! I’m just glad the robbers weren’t a couple of mischievious teens. Would he still have been a hero then? I guess so. All criminals deserve to die, right. Or is it just illegal aliens?

By: JennSierra

JennSierra — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:09:08 +0000

Tracye, you need to bone up on your legal definitions. Start with the definition of “murder,” then with “punishment.” I’m only suggesting this, because you’ve used both inappropriately in your comment.

By: Tracye

Tracye — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:49:19 +0000

Hey, I didn’t know that the punishment for robbery was death. I guess the laws have changed since I last looked. Them what’s the punishment for murder? Oh yeah, acquittal. I understand now. Thanks.

By: Afro Puff

Afro Puff — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:19:54 +0000

The man who owned the house, even though not close with John paid in full for his entire legal team and backed him the whole way. The problem started with the two men robbing the home. Who is to say that they hadnt assalted a home owner and already got away with this. Yes in gods eyes this was wrong to kill two human beings. I wonder how they were judged in gods eyes. When the got to the gates of heaven and it was known that they had just been killed in the process of robbing a home. They had free will to chose to rob the home. Or not to chose to rob the home. They chose there own fate. As far as I know robbing and stealing is understood to be a very risky thing to do. You can lose your life or your freedom. They knew that long before they went to that house to rob it. I would also bet this was not the first time they had done it in broad day light. So even though maybe they didnt deserve to die they knew it was a possablity that they could be shot by a home owner or even police for that matter. Or snt to Jail. Also to all of the people who are saying they were shot in the back well do your home work next time and dont just go off of what others have said. They both had chest wounds which were the cause of death. A shot gun chest wound 100 out of 100 times tested will always show the person has to be faceing you. Unless they were running backwards when they were shot, Which wasnt found well then you can say they were shot while running away. For the record it was shown the the third shot missed completely. Thanks

By: blublueyes

blublueyes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:45:46 +0000

Every household in America should be required to own at least ONE firearm and these criminals would wise-up!

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lllllllllllllll — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:49:50 +0000

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