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If this happened in NJ, I have no doubt that he would be found guilty and sent to jail. Period. Guys like Joe Horn are the reason we have gun control laws. I don't know how many other people have heard the 9-1-1 tape, but if you look past its entertainment value, it's absolutely horrifying. The dispatcher pleads with him not to go outside. He's doing everything he can. And "Move or you're dead!" sounded a lot more like, "Hey! You're dead!"
Of course, I wasn't there, so I can't say what definitely happened. However, if it happened the way he alleged, why were both men shot in the back while fleeing? Moreover, this isn't his property in jeopardy, it's his neighbors. I do greatly appreciate his enthusiasm in protecting a neighbor's property, but he did his duty by doing what he did in the first place: He called 9-1-1. He took it upon himself to go outside and face two men, apparently unarmed, and gun them down. While I don't consider myself a huge liberal, I don't see the need for taking a life over property. The one thing you can take from someone and never give back is life. It looks way too much like an overly enthused "good ole boy" with a prejudice towards illegal aliens.
Just my two pennies. Fire away (Figuratively speaking, of course).
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