Gun Trotting Texans Will Kill First....

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[SIZE=7]Texas man tracks stolen truck using AirTag, kills the alleged thief[/SIZE]

Police are still debating whether to charge the shooter, who claims he acted in self-defense, with a crime.

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SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man tracked his stolen truck to a southeast side shopping center using Apple AirTags, confronted the alleged thief, and then killed the man in self-defense, police say.

San Antonio Police Department spokesperson Nick Soliz said the man called 911 to report his truck missing from his northside residence Wednesday but did not wait for officers’ help.

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Instead, he and two relatives drove to the Chevy Silverado’s location and approached a man sitting inside the vehicle.

The alleged thief flashed a gun at the truck owner, who then he shot him dead in response, he told police.

The suspected thief died at a San Antonio hospital later that afternoon.

“If your vehicle is stolen, I know it’s frustrating,” Soliz said. “But please do not take matters into your own hands like this.”

Investigators have not confirmed whether they found a weapon in the alleged thief’s possession.

Thursday, police were still investigating and debating whether to charge the shooter with a crime.

“Whether something is wise to do or not is different from whether it’s illegal,” said Nico LaHood, a defense lawyer who previously served as Bexar County’s District Attorney. “A lot of people, unfortunately, confuse ‘That wasn’t the best choice’ with ‘That must have been illegal.’”

LaHood says, if he were District Attorney again, he would not pursue charges against the shooter.
He sees the incident as a series of separate, legal events.
It is legal to pursue someone who’s stolen property to prevent consequences of theft, he said.
It’s also legal for most Texans to carry a gun.

And it is legal for Texans to use deadly force to defend themselves from apparent and imminent danger.
“This case reads, to me, like it’s clear,” LaHood said. “You just have to make sure you educate a jury about what the law really is.”

LaHood noted, though, that his opinion could change if police are not able to confirm whether the alleged thief had a weapon in his possession.

Police say only person fired a gun Wednesday: the man who tracked down his missing vehicle.

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Death to all thugs including @cortedivoire the phone thief

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Hiyo ndio inaitwa mali moto. Once in possession of a hot gadget, always stay a few meters away from it, I should know, I started life at Baba Dogo industrial complex yani jua kali, then later at Grogon garages immediately for my mechanical apprenticeship. Stolen cars would be delivered, dismantled in a record 2 hours, the parts would then be stored in a no man’s land but watched at a distance, until the heat cooled down.

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The easiest way out of something like this is to claim “self-defense”; who is there to verify whether or not the accused flashed a gun?

Reminds me of this other incident some months ago, a dude walks into a restaurant and draws a handgun, starts terrorizing patrons and orders them to hand over their valuables. As he’s waking around collecting them, he turns his back on these two patrons, one of whom immediately reaches for his holster, draws his weapon, takes aim and pumps what seems like an entire magazine into the intruder.

The emboldened patron then gets up from his seat, walks to the now immobilized attacker, then reaches for the weapon he was using to threaten other patrons, only to discover to immense chagrin that it was actually a dummy. He angrily hurls it at the wall because he realizes the enormity of a mess he’s just gotten himself into.

Or has he? His case is a bit trickier because CCTV was there to record the event. But even then I could hear murmurs of “the deceased shouldn’t have been doing what he was doing…”

Its been proved that allowing people to carry weapons emboldens them to do things they wouldn’t otherwise do. People carrying weapons in vehicles are shooting at each other in traffic, or at unarmed motorists then flashing a “get out of jail card” by claiming self-defense. Kids are walking into schools with weapons in their backpacks.

Its preposterous.

The so-called “whatever” amendment has turned people into senseless butchers who will kill and maim at the slightest provocation, or perception of provocation.