On the shooting done by Joe Horn I don’t see why he would say he was in danger from the robbers and afraid for his safety if their backs were to him. My discomfort with the story isn’t so much that the man may have just been defending himself but the fact that he shot them in the back – that seems to contradict his statement that they were threatening him

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

As to ‘left for dead’, isn’t this another fine example of the US health care system running into the ground!! I guess if she had the medical insurance necessary [IE. IF SHE HAD THE WEALTH!!!], perhaps this tragedy might have been averted!! With my ongoing medical conditions, as a Yank, I would be bankrupt but I would also be DEAD!!
GOD ‘SAVE” AMERICA!! PPLLEEAASSEE!!!

I read the comments posted last night re: Joe Horn. Gun toting Americans are murdering hundreds of innocent people inside & outside of the USA every day. I don’t think GOD is impressed. As I watched the video of so called human being do nothing but watch as a woman died it was once again apparent that the one thing you cannot call the USA is a “civilized society”.

Neither hero nor vigilante! Joe Horn did what he thought was right, protect himself and his neighbor’s property. Those two men were not there to visit Mr. Horn. They were shot in the back, but if he’d waited for both to face him, maybe he’d be in his grave today. Hindsight is always 20/20….

Desperate times, desperate measures. Whether you think Horn was right or wrong, this should serve as a wake up call . Many people are very sick of the crime around their neighborhoods. They are sick of waiting for our “officials” to do anything about it. If these guys were caught, instead of shot, they would most likely be deported and they could come back easily. When folks start protecting their neighbor’s property instead of just letting it happen, it reminds me of how things used to be 40 years ago. We weren’t afraid of being arrested or sued if we “got involved” in stopping someone for stealing, rapeing, murdering, etc.
Too many people now say “as long as it’s not my stuff, I’m not getting involved”. Joe Horn said to the thugs…, “Move and your dead”. He gave them a warning.
I think the folks in Texas decided that he was doing a good deed. Joe Horn knew he was taking a big risk of getting arrested or sued but he did what he beleived was the right thing to do. Warn them and then shoot them. The thugs made their own choices.
We’ll see a lot more of this unless we start punishing the criminals and take away their “rights”.

I think that this incident may be an indicator of what is to come in the future, especially after the recent ruling from the Supreme Court. Inevitably gun violence will increase in the short term after this ruling but eventually it should fall to historic lows. Robbers will realize their lives aren’t worth whatever they might find in someone’s home. Finally, I agree that he is neither a hero or a vigilante he was doing what he thought was right, he was just a man who saw burglars in his neighbor’s yard and wanted to protect himself and his property.

JOE HORN IS AN AMERICAN HERO. BY HIS ACTIONS HE STOP SOMEONE FROM BEING MURDERED OR RAPED. MR HORN WE NEED MORE CONCERN CITIZENS LIKE YOU. I KNOW BACK IN 1997
I WALKED IN ON A ROBBERY AT MY LOCAL GAS STATION. THANK GOD I HAD MY GUN WITH ME.

Joe Horn’s lawful execution, of two illegal aliens caught robbing Horn’s neighbor, has nothing to do with what is right, wrong or even civilized. “Right to murder” laws reflect rapidly growing alienation of police from society and consequent belief that “nobody protects me better than me.” How far we’ve gone back to the jungle is best realized by remembering that Texas was the first state in the Union to enact gun control legislation, to stop six-gun shootouts, more than a century ago.

I was just wondering where the police were all the time that it took to have such a lengthy conversation with the dispatcher. Seemed like a reality series.

mr horn was a cold blooded killer, premeditated, and sorry he got off because he was white………………, i have insurance on my home for breakins,and robbery. no go texas.

california at holloween man shot kid in his yard for stealing an object, he went on to be convicted.

“Could this case set a dangerous precedent as some fear?”

Oh, the horror! Citizens acting proactively to stamp out crime.

Torres and Ortiz were illegal immigrants from Colombia. Torres was deported in 1999 after a 1994 cocaine-related conviction.

Grand jury indictments are not difficult to get, since the prosecutor largely controls the process. The GJ’s refusal to indict says a great deal about the weakness of the case.

Posters to the Evening Buzz were largely supportive of Horn, and rightfully so. Breaking into someone’s house does not reflect well on one’s character. As far as I’m concerned, one gives up one’s rights during one’s commission of a crime. And don’t quote law to me – it’s an ethical judgment that I’m quite comfortable with. Torres’ and Ortiz’s future assault/rape/murder victims owe a great deal to Horn.

A happy ending. I’m sleeping well.

This is why people make fun of Americans.

You gotta’ realize that Texas has a different culture from your own bleeding-heart perspective.
Look at it this way, If you break into someone’s home here you’re likely to get shot. If you commit a major crime here you get the death penalty.
Commit any kind of serious crime and you get time in a tough, tough prison system.
We don’t screw around with bad people. Maybe they’ll move on to New York City.

My kind of neighborhood block watch.

A responsible and smart weapon or gun owner, hopefully, would be smart enough to fire warning shots to stop the men and hold them till the police were there.

He was not in any danger and he is wrong. He clearly said on the 911tape that he was going to kill them! He could have shot them in the leg or somewhere not fatal! God sees all and he will be judge!

I think that this man did the right thing and the only thing he knew to do at the time. You know these burglars could have killed someone who was in that house or in the future would have. I think this man did us all a favor and got criminals off the street. Also, who is to say those burglars wouldn’t come back and kill him because he saw them? I think this man did what he had to do at the time.

You go Joe Horn!!!! I would do the same….

I think he is a killer!! He had no reason to fear for his life because they were outside and leaving and still this horrible man killed these people in cold blood.

He should be in jail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 911 dispatcer was absolutely correct in telling him to stay inside, what if the officers had shot him? This is as close to cold blooded murder as it gets. He had no reason to play vigilante.

Jes, that’s ridiculous. They were not innocent men. They broke a law by coming into the country, they broke a law by trespassing, and they broke a law by stealing. Horn had been asked to watch the neighbors house, and he wouldn’t have been doing a very good job of that if he let men break into the house and rob it.

We can’t get to the point in this country where a TV set or a 4 wheeler is more valuable than a life. Also, the way this story is being told indicates that the undocumented lives hold less value. I am appalled.
Elizabeth
Houston, Texas

He did the right thing. He was defending his family and friends. To hell with the lawyers who want to defend criminals.

This man is not a hero and he is not a criminal. He heart was in the right place stopping a criminal from stealing. However when he went out there he had not training and no experience in handling a dangerous situation. I think he just got caught up in a situation beyond his control. I think this will hang on him he does not need to be punished, he also should not be praised.

Go Joe Horn. Consider him a volunteer crime fighter. I wish he was my neighbor. He’s not a “hero” but he did stand up for what was right.

he was not in danger, just by the 911 operator he should have been prosucuted for murder. he used the law to kill.

I think Joe Horn is neither a hero nor a criminal to be punished.

The thieves were fully aware of the risks they faced in their chosen professsion.

Too bad the dispatcher wasn’t able to assure Mr. Horn that the authorities could react faster.

Mr. Horn should be left alone to live his life. If this were to become a pattern, it would be another matter.

I think Horn is a hero. I used to sympathize with criminals when they were shot by the police until I was held at gunpoint and assaulted. I almost got killed. I have since never had any sympathy with criminals who are summarily executed. Mr Horn is a good citizen, and I encourage anyone with a gun to emulate him.

Joe Horn wasn’t doing what he thought was right, he was acting as judge, jury and executioner against men who posed absolutely NO threat to him. The police were just seconds away and he knew this. He lied when he said he was in danger. He never had to step foot outside of his house. He murdered those men in cold blood and he got away with it. There is absolutely nothing that can be said to justify what he did. Nothing.

Then again, crime is getting worse, and Americans are going to start excercising their second amendment and start bearing arms. Things are going to end up being like the old western days and people are going to start cleaning the streets with fast moving and hard hitting lead.

Mr. Horn is a cold blooded killer. Although those men had no right to steal from his neighbor, he had no right to shoot them in the back. He is definitely not a hero. He should have let the police handle the situation.

I commend Mr. Horn. Those guys got what they deserved. He had a right to protect his self and look after his neighbors house and stuff. What’s wrong with that? Save some tax dollars by not processing the unworthy theives. Hello!!! Wake up, crimal justice systems in America.

This was outright murder. Sure they were robbers but they posed him no harm. They were not even in his home. This is outright murder and it sends a message that it is OK to take the law into your own hands. This is a bad message to be sending John Q. Public.

I feel it was simply an act of vigilante and plain out murder. I also feel it wil set a trend for others to follow. Do we really need that with all the things going in America

Al, police aren’t around to protect the individuals, they are around to maintain the security of society. It IS our responsibility to protect ourselves in our daily lives.

This is beyond incomprehensible. It is clear that those thieves were bad guys, but this is not the test. The test is that Horn tried to impose his own version of imminent justice on those men. I think it is quite clear that there is no way that he was threatened, the only thing that was threatened was his neighbor’s property. He volonteered to get involved and killed those thieves without being provoked. This is crazy not to prosecute him. Who is he to decide that the value of his neighbor’s property so greatly outweighed the value of two human lives so that he felt he had to cut those lives short on the spot?

I was raised when there was a fear of Russians taking over this country. The talk was always that citizens had their weapons to defend this country. With the laws protecting the criminal more than the ciizen now, they are more bold and not afraid to do things like this. If my home was threatened, my family and even my neighbor, I would react the same way. The right to bear arms and to protect your property and to love your neighbor to me all tie together. I am so glad he was not prosecuted.

This man was in his house and had NO REASON to go outside and shoot these men. He shot them in the BACK after telling the 911 operator that he was going to kill them. This is premeditated murder. He should pay for this terrible crime that he committed.

Cathy (native Texan living in NV….now you see why)

Mr. Horn is neither a hero or a vigilante but should not be prosecuted. I can’t say I would have done the same thing but if more criminals could expect people to defend their property (or their neighbors) the way he did they might think twice about victimizing people. The men who were killed are not the victims here. They took their lives in their own hands.

JOE HORN WAS WRONG FOR SHOOTING PEOPLE IN THE BACK. IF MR. HORN HAD STAYED IN HIS HOUSE HE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN DANGER. HE PLACED HIMSELF IN THIS POSITION. HE SHOULD BE PUNISHED SO AS A PRECEDENCE IS NOT SET FOR OTHERS TO ACT IN THE SAME MANNER

Good on Joe Horn.
More action like that would put every thug & thief on alert that law abiting citizens won’t put up with their terrorizing & malicious crap any more.

Wasn’t that 911 operator a police officer, giving lawful insfructions? Didn’t Horn BET that he would not be shot? Wasn’t it because he SAW that his victims were unarmed? Didn’t he PREMEDITATE about killing these men? Are these men less than human because they were illegal aliens? Didn’t Horn go outside to meet these men? Is America ready for the fallout of the irresponsibility and partiality of this grandly WEAK (grand) jury, chickening out of doing the right thing? Horn is a cold blooded, prideful, premeditated murderer, and he and that grand jury, both turn my stomach.

In response to Mr. Horn. I feel his actions are scary. While I do feel a person has a right to protect their home. Mr Horne went out with deliberate intent to kill. He could have shot them in the legs as well as shoot them in the back.

i think that he was wrong they were’nt in his house for the guy on the show saying he think they got what they deserved he’s wrong …That was murder …. he could of stayed in the house he didnt have to take the law in his own hands….he Is Not a officer of the law…..he was wrong

Forget that their backs were to him, he went out of the safety of his house and put himself in danger. The burglers were scumbags for stealing that they were immigrants is a non-issue. They were thieves who happened to be in this country ilegaly. They are not any less human for not having a green card.

That is one of the best parts of America. You guys look to police when you can’t fend for yourself or need help. Here is Canada, if the police don’t make the call, you are at the mercy of thugs and goons. Don’t let them take that away from you. We can’t take joy in hurting people, no matter what but we can never be removed from our own free will so much as what we are when we can’t defend ourselves.

Hero.
Over and over laws are being passed to represent a utopian society that just doesn’t exist.
Rapists, Robbers, Traitors and Murderers should get exactly what’s coming to them.. other wise they just keep doing it! (and they do).

I can’t believe that the city of Houston let this guy off the hook. After all, It seemed like that Mr. Horn was sitting on his porch, drinking some leomanade, waiting for something like that to happen so he can have an excuse to kill someone in cold blood. The thieves didn’t seem to pose a threat to him. (after all, they were shot in the back with at 12-gauge shotgun) But then again, It is the state of Texas we are talking about!

This man is no hero, he shot these men in the back, and it appears that his life was not in danger. If he had not shot them in the back it would be a different situation. If a burglar is at my neighbors, I will call the police, and watch carefully for anything that may help to capture the people. If they come and try to get into my home, and it appears that I am in danger, yes I have the right to protect myself at that time. However, why would I shoot them in the back, if the back is turned to me, I cant be in that much danger. People need to wake up and smell the blood! A life is not worth taking over some things out of a home. Things can be replaced, lives can not.
Trish, Mississippi

Texas law allows a third party to defend a neighbors property if they feel it is threated. Truth is these men may have seen how easy the theft was and came back at later date to the same neighborhood. These men were in this country illegally and commiting crimes. They may have not deserve to die but our corrupt justice system would have not even seen it fit to deport them. They would have been back on the streets in a short time commiting more crimes. Vigilante justice would not exist if we as Americans felt like our politians were working for us.

Okay… let’s put this to rest… you as a potential CRIMINAL in YOUR MIND decide to commit a crime. Until you ACTUALLY put the plan in action you have not committed a crime. BUT, and in this country this is the real problem we as a nation never stop to face, you do put it into action, THAT IS A CRIME the circumstances of what happens within that crime are irrelevant. The fact that you TOOK THE CHANCE to get away with it, brings with it ALL THE POSSIBILITIES that could take place at that moment. What would have happened if these 2 guys just stayed home? They didn’t, they tried, and they paid for their choices. NO MERCY HERE…

That man was trigger happy and excited about the opportunity to shoot somebody. You could hear it in his voice that he couldn’t wait to shoot and then he shot them in the back! Why didn’t he just shoot them in the legs……no, he wanted to kill them.

The 2 men who were killed were definitely wrong but they never entered his home and it doesn’t appear they were targeting him.
All I see in this scenario are 3 guilty people.

Horn is a killer. This is totally crazy… These men were not threatening his life. That Lars Larson guy is everything that is going wrong with this country right now in my opinion. Since when did replaceable stuff become more important than a human life?? Makes me sick.

And BTW we own several guns at my house… Guns don’t kill people…. STUPID DISGUSTING PEOPLE kill people…

Horn said he was going to KILL them before he went outside…..Premeditated murder

As long as we have Supreme Court Judges that vote for the rights of perpetrator’s over the rights of victims, we are going to see more of this vigilante action by ordinary citizens.

he had no reason to shoot the two men in the back because they were not in his property, how dumb was the selected dury to see that. just a trigger happy texan but far from a hero.

hello,I have found the problem with America today is that the people with objections to others choices in life some how think that they are correct where others are wrong. Such as lawmakers that don’t even live in or lived a particular lifestyle that they are trying to eradicate, or to attempt to control with words of law. There is no law enforcement personal to enforce our constitution? , When our civil rights are being denied by useless city codes, county laws and state laws. Right down to the selected enforcement of these laws by the front line in law, ”the uniformed officer” .a victim is some one who thinks that they are safe in a world of law’s, when in fact it’s the respect for the law that makes it work. But when the lawmakers don’t understand the basic right’s of its citizen’s. The citizen’s don’t respect the laws that are made? Therefor creating a paradox of law and criminal? Justice really is blind? Or do we learn this from childhood faith taught to us in predigest belief system? The right and wrong side of it ” no compromise” has divided us to the point of utter hatred for one another? thanx

The 2 guys were commiting a crime, all this guy did was stop them… forever. If I was his neighbor I would be happy and proud to see someone else care about my property. He did what was right, like it or not.

Indianapolis

Trust me, if Joe Horn was Black and the two robbers were white. He would be charged with a crime. When I listen to the 911 recording it seems clear to me he put himself in harms way. They were robbing his neighbour’s house not his.

America the great, shines again.

This is a travesty! How could this man get away with this crap? This man killed two individuals while their backs were turned and then dared to say that his life was in danger…?! Yeah right…! It seems more like he was looking to be some modern day Wyatt Earp! I am disgusted, we must treat all individuals who commit murder in the same manner. This man is named a hero when he should be named a murderer.

God bless Joe Horn!!! Maybe if more people fought back like him, criminals might think twice about breaking into peoples homes. Besides, he saved the taxpayers alot of money if they haved lived!!

The laws in Texas are what they are. Mr. Horn wanted to take care of business, whatever that business was. I submit that he could have shot below the waist (waste) and left them alive to face charges, but it appears that he shot them in the back. I hope, for the sake of the laws of Texas and Mr. Horn’s imminent meeting with Gabriel, that his business was handled correctly.

Does anyone think that the fact that the victims were illegal immigrants had any influence on the outcome of this case?

The Natomas section of Sacramento, the newest and priciest part of the city has had 15 daylight home invasion armed robberies and 14 street side armed robberies in JUNE. The suspects are armed with handgun teenagers estimated from 15 to 21. I hope someone gets them before an innocent is killed. The are targeting women alone or women with children. Life is going to get worse before it gets better and shooting will put an end to it for some

— Queestion —

Will either of these 2 criminal be repeat offenders ????

I don’t think so !!!

If you listen to the phone operator they are told not to leave his house and he stated I am going to kill them. If a representative of the local police office gives orders and they are not followed he has disobeyed the law thus he should be guilty. If it was a black man shooting a white robber the outcome would be different.

Let’s see…illegal aliens entering his yard after they already commited a B&E next door. BOOM! Justice served. Maybe other illegals will think twice before commiting crimes in this country. That man is a HERO. Our country now has 2 less bums in it.

All of you who think Mr.Horn is a hero or is justified in what he did in shooting two unarmed burgulars robbing his neighbors home are on drugs. In the 911 audio tape Mr.Horn specifically told the 911 operator that he was going to kill the thieves. He didn’t say he was going to apprehend them or hold them until the police arrived he said he was going to kill them and he did as he said!

MURDERER…Premeditated…He was told help was on the way. He said I’m going to kill them. He did the right thing by calling 911. But then went beyond what was right and took two human lives for stealing???? When did human lives become less valuable to materials. Revenge is not always a soup served cold…He shot them in the back, Are there anyone here who would accept a member of their family being shot down that way and not do anything about it??? He could have shot and killed friends or kids of his neighbors pulling a joke and messing around. But I think he only say some Hispanic looking people and had a flash back to the forty and fifties when blacks use to get hanged from trees and jurors cold not see the evil and injustice in that.

I say he’s a hero. This was the second known crime these two illegals commited, the first one was when they crossed the U.S. Boarders illegal (but that’s a problem of our weak government) Tell Lisa Horne to try going to their Country and see the kind of rules and regulations she’d have to pass in order to get into another Country. I say, get over it Lisa Horne, they’re criminals and I say the Texas Man put them in their place.

Good Job! Mr. Horn!

Those two men were not escapees. No one was detaining them.
We need to teach that there are consequences for choices of behavior.

I would protect my neighbors property with the same vigilance as my own and know that they would do the same for me.

From a locked and loaded sister, daughter, mother and wife in Nevada!

Too bad for the two burglers who happen to be illegals. My heart bleeds for them.
Right on Mr. Horn!

Forget about the whether he is Hero or not? The radio host who was praising him is a racist guy. You could see on his face….really. The man was talking that way only because the dead men were illeagl hispanic.

Bottom line these guys would not be dead if they had not been stealing or tresspassing. Seems that if people fear being shot they will think twice before they rob, steal or tresspass.

are you kitting me this guy shoot this people because he wanted to . hope the rest of the country never become like texas.

I can’t believe those who are opposed to what Mr. Horn did. Not only did he have a constitutional right to do what he did out of self defense, he did America a favor by controlling the illegal immigrant popultion! These aliens came here to do nothing but exploit this country. Case in point, robbing the household of ordinary American citizens. Stop being a bunch of hippie democrats and realize that if it were you in this situation, you would have done the same thing to protect yourself and your property.

I do believe in protecting YOURty if it is a neighbors do the proper thing by calling 911 and allowing the proper officials to care of the crime. Take pictures and or a video to identify the suspects.Who is to say if the men came in his yard and where the bodies were found. Myself being an African-American, if I were to do that to two caucasion assailants, I would not be found innocent. Lets face facts and face the truth.
Kenneth Knowles

The bottom line is that he would not have felt “threatened” if he had stayed inside his house as the police dispatcher requested. Instead, he went outside, armed and ready to shoot. And he gets away without being charged with anything? Absurd.

They were not threatening Mr. Horn. Period. He was determined to shoot them from the moment he called 911. This is a perfect example of vigilante rationalization. Any excuse to take someone out. The men were on another property UNTIL Mr. Horn confronted them by going outside of his home. The he shot them in the back. How on earth is that a threat to his safety.

The next thing we know, when you brush up against someone on a bus in TX, they’ll have reason to take you out with a concealed handgun, and then walk away with no legal outcome.

I wonder what the legal result would have been had Mr. Horn been Hispanic or African American and the robbery suspects been white. Would the gun rights defender have been equally enthusiastic about supporting the right to shoot down anyone who makes you feel uncomfortable?

That man is far from a hero. He is a coward. He shot two men in the back who were not threatening him in any way. All he had todo is get a description. The police were there just as the shooting occured. He just wanted an excuse to shoot some minorities. Would this same acion had been ok if they were white young men who may have just made the wrong decision? Nobody’s life is worth taking over property that can easily be replaced or recovered. I’m pretty sure his neighbors had insurance, that is what it is for. He should have kept his scary self in the house. For all he know these men may have had starving children at home. They were unarmed and didn’t intend to hurt anyone and I’m sure didn’t approach him or his yard.

I would love to have Mr. Horn as my next-door neighbor!

Anyone who defends these robbers as having the right to commit their crime without getting shot is clueless!

You don’t want to get shot…? Don’t rob!!!!

Enough of criminal rights….I’m glad I live in Florida and own a gun…Try robbing me!

Are you serious?
another great example of people who cant mind they’re business. If someone is robbing your neighbors you dont go outside with a shotgun and take two human lifes who are not endangering yours. Bylaws will acknowledge this as self defense, but common sense will prove this is a case of American bred Ignorance.
If cops would have confronted these two suspects (those who are trained to do this, not neighbors) a different resolution would emerge.
Two lifes over a robbery? Or property retrieved after manslaughter?

Joe Horn is symbolic of the hatred so many whites feel against non-whites. The message that the Horn Grand Jury sent is that if you are the wrong color and in the wrong neighborhood, anyone can shoot and kill you if you are merely near their property and claim it was self-defense.

Oh and the Castle doctrine passed to protect homeowners from lawsuits from the families of the criminals that they gun down.

Yes..if a burglar breaks into my house…you can bet I will not ask questions and just open fire on him. But conversely, criminals will now be expecting Mr. Horn’s kind of behavior and make burglars more prone to carrying firearms in the commissions of their crimes and that puts innocent families at risk.

Oh and I believe that Joe Horn committed this crime in cold blood only because they were non-white. Had these burglars been young white men, I think it’s a safe bet that Mr. Horn’s actions would have been less violent.

Joe Horn is a great guy in my book to have the courage to do what he did. If that had been my house and my property, I would have wanted Joe to do the same thing. If I was in the same situation and saw someone commiting burglary at my neighbors house, I would feel threatened by them. I’ve heard of burglaries in my neighborhood & even that makes me feel vulnerable… what if my house is next? The burglers are criminals and if you put yourself in that situation, you’d better expect you can be shot.

He didn’t sound the least bit scared on the tape. Actually he sounded eager to shoot them.

If anything Horn is a hero! The two guys that got shot were burglars that had no business in Horns neighbors house they needed shot. If the laws were written this way we would have less crimes. They were caught red handed stealing and I think Horn had every right to protect himself and his neighbors house. If crooks thought more and worried about whether or not they would get shot by a neighbor maybe they wouldn’t steal!

The laws are written to protect the crooks with loop holes. We need to bring back the old testament….an eye for an eye. Two more crooks off the street! Better for the economy and public!

I agree completely with Mr. Horn’s act of defending his neighbor’s home and his home through the use of deadly force. There are not enough police to defend our lives and property, so it is up to private citizens.. These two men freely chose to commit a dangerous crime and they suffered the consequences of their actions. Should we just stay still and hide in our homes and let the criminals do what they want? I commend Mr. Horn for taking action. These two men won’t be putting the lives and property of citizens in jeopardy anymore. End of story.

I don’t feel bad for the people that were shot. I’m not saying that shooting the men necessarily was the right thing to do in Mr. Horn’s case, since he was in his house to begin with; however, these people were illegal immigrants, burglarizing American CITIZENS. It’s not like Mr. Horn didn’t warn the two men not to stop. Clearly in the audio tape Mr. Horn told them to stop, or he was going to shoot. Maybe other illegal immigrants or anyone else for that matter will think twice about committing a crime like this. These men CHOSE to commit a crime that has risks. What did they expect to happen?

I think Mr. Horn was politically correct. We need more like him, the criminals who take high risks and do get caught, get mabe a slap on the wrist. I believe in the same situation I would have to admit, I would have done the same. This my friends is why we have the second amendment.

I find no problem with what happened.
Please take into consideration that I myself served 5 years in jail.

I feel that if a person starts a life of crime that they have made the decision that they are not subjected to the law,… then they are not protected by the law.
Every criminal knows that there is a risk,…… time to pay!!!

Mr. Horn is nothing short of a murderer. Those men posed absolutely no threat to Mr. Horn. He had his mind set on murdering them and even had the nerve to admit it to the 911 operator before he ever went outside. I would have an open mind had the burglars been robbing Mr. Horn himself, but I can not understand how shooting two burglars fleeing from your neighbor’s home can be considered self defense. They were fleeing the scene and he chose to confront them with a weapon so he actually was the aggressor. I pose this question. If the burglars had shot and killed Mr. Horn because he charged them with a shotgun, would it be self defense???

He told the 911 operator he was going outside to KILL them.

The grand jury said it all. “No Billed!” End of story. 12 citizens of the Great State of Texas agreed with Mr. Horn. He acted appropriately.

It would be nice to have a neighbor like Mr. Horn. There is too much crime and people dont seem to do anything but watch most of the time. People are affraid to tell on these criminals, in general. I would want my neighbors to help me if possible.

Give Joe Horn a medal. He’s beautiful. We need more of this stuff.

” If you can’t do the time don’t do the crime ” Most of us are sick and tired of all the crimes that the police curiously arrive to late to stop. If you are a criminal and are intent on doing a crime you should know that there is a significant chance you will get killed. What matters the crime. I work hard for what I have and disagree with the lawyer who makes far more money than I do and probably works half as hard. Let them steal, vandalize etc her property or hurt her, but as for me I hope more people will help their neighbor and so whatever is necessary including killing them.

It’s a sad day in America when we as Americans would rather kill someone in a neighbors yard to help catch burglars than help someone who has just been hit by a car ,or you who has passed out in a hospital waiting room.

As a white, middle-class Republican, even I know this is murder. It’s obvious that with the anti-immigrant sentiment flourishing throughout our country, there are those who believe Mr. Horn is a hero. I know there would have been an indictment if Mr. Horn were an undocumented immigrant who shot two white men in the same situation.

I live around the corner from Mr. Horn and I do not think he was wrong in shooting the two men. Both of those men were in the middle of committing a crime. This country is so PC that even if a person is breaking into your house and cuts there hand in the process, they can sue you for damages. Since Katrina, Houston and it’s surrounding suburbs has seen a high rise in crime. Most of the criminals seem to be Katrina victims that had to flee to Texas from Louisiana. I say let this be a warning to criminals.

I think more people should do what Mr. Horn did. I can’t believe that people actually think that he should be convicted. This country is turning into a bunch of little babies. I mean, it’s like we live in a backwards world. Two people break into a house, and someone shoots them because of it, and people feel bad for the CRIMINALS. I thought it should be the other way around. I mean I feel bad for the two people that lost their lives, but they chose to participate in a criminal act and should’ve damn well knew the consequences.

He felt he had to protect himself? Wasnt he calling from his house? Didnt he say that he had a gun and was going to go outside and “kill ‘em”? Sounds like pre-meditation to me.

Makes me wonder what would have happened if this was a black man, mexican or any other minority

Well… I say that Horn shot them as they were in his property.Because technically, the yard is his property! I mean it belongs to him. The criminals were on it, they had just robbed his neighbour and he acted to protect himself. Of course an item stolen is never worth a life but still. Although the men were unarmed, and they probably would have not done anything physical to him, he still shot them. He could have done somethting else. But I understand that he was under pressure.

You go horn, it’s time to fight back at these scums who do not want to work but steal from honest hard working americans. i have no problem with the outcome.

I was robbed and the robber came in and walked through my seven year old nephews room in the middle of the night …its scary and hard to deal with because of the unknown. they or he also stole seven hundred dollars and a vcr…they kept coming in and out of the house…it was scary…i didnt have a gun but i wish i did or someone else did…even a neighbor to help us…..they may have walked through my room before i actually awoke….the woman with the blond hair on tv needs to understand the unknown…who knows what they were capable of????its hard to sleep at night even today…

He is not a hero. First he was safe in his house while he made the 911 phone call, then he chose to enter the situation by going outside. Second, what if he had been shot? This shows how people care more about things then someones life. You can replace things but you can’t replace life.

Shooting someone in the back while they’re running away is usually considered murder – especially when the runners do not appear to have weapons. I have read about three cases where a property owner shot someone he thought was committing a crime. In all three cases, a young man ended up dead, when no crime was committed. Leave the crime fighting up to the police. We don’t need vigilantes.

I am currently working as a contractor in Iraq so I am a bit late in posting on the Joe Horn story. Lisa Blume has no clue what she is talking about. She is apply the law as she understands it in states other than Texas.

She stated that there is no right to protect property with deadly force (I think her actual words were “shoot somebody over property”). That is incorrect as far as Texas goes. In Texas you can not only shoot someone for threatening your life but you can shoot them for stealing your property. and there is NO requirement to attempt to retreat.

In reality, in Texas, you can not only use deadly force to prevent theivery but you can use deadly force to recover property regardless of where you find it.

In Sept 07 the law was changed and it now allows you to protect your neighbors property with deadly force.

Texas gun law for the Win! Tell Lisa to familiarize herself with CURRENT TEXAS LAW and try it again. And next time get a commentator who knows the law you are talking about.

It doesn’t matter if he killed two thieves, two wrongs doesn’t make one right…….Mr Horn should go to jail for killing in cold blood.

I just love how some people would rather invite crime than to stop it, because it may get violent. You confront criminals at your neighbors and you have to assume some fear for what they might do to you. Can i say he acted accordingly, i was not there. I can say those men were not in this country legally, and they were causing fear and violating an AMERICAN CITIZENS civil rights. As a service member and a patriot im glad for people like Mr. Horn

Shooting two unarmed men in the back? As they were fleeing? Joe Horn was not threatened, he was gun-happy.

This is Texas.

Anybody want to guess what would have happened when Joe Horn had been black?

I don’t care much for the burglars in this particular case but I fear for the day were a gun-toting texan is going to ‘protect’ the property of his neighbor, only to find out after the shooting that the alleged ‘burglar’ was in fact the family friend who had fed the family’s cats.

I wonder how we all would fell if the immigrants were boys or girls. God help us all. Truely, what have we become? Are we a Christian nation or nation of individuals and self. Love the neighbor and you love yourself. The men were criminals true, but to be shot in the back is an act of cowardliness, cruel and unjust.. A nation can not stand without just and Godly laws under our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Yes, God help us all.

Mr. Horn is neither a hero or a murderer. He over-reacted. Most Americans would have under-reacted and the criminals would have walked away to rob, steal, perhaps kill someone another day. As the radio host said, I have no sympathy for anyone who decides to break the law and gets hurt or killed. They were already lawbreakers, here illegally and one had a coccaine arrest in ‘99. If more criminals were concerned that a homeowner might stop them with lethal force we would have a much lower incident of crime.

I think Mr.Horn is neither a hero nor a vigilant because even though he killed the robbers all he did was make the cops job easier. Hes like a warning sign to any robbers who want to test their luck when it comes to stealing. Now, what he did was the wrong thing. He should have let the police do their job. But, if you feel threatened you have the right to protect yourself which is what Mr. Horn did.
I don’t think theres going to be any more robbers where Mr. Horn lives.

murderer-
That man had no right to take some ones lives. Now it would be a total different story if they had broke into his home. That man was specificly told not to go outside. And to shoot them in a fatal area? why not their leg or foot so that they are wounded and unable to escape? This man is no hero in my eyes. Only a murder. And that jury definitly did not serve justice.

mr horn never would have feard for his life if he would have listend to the 911 operater and stayed in side. that was vigilante justice. and if my hubby would have done that he would be in prison. and if mr horn was a poor person he would be in prison

Calling Mr. Horn a Hero is unwarranted but he is certainly not a criminal. What I think many are thinking but not stating is that I am comfortable with Mr. Horns actions and the consequences to those that were clearly committing a crime. I sleep well tonight and hope Mr. Horn does as well. One thing is for certain, his neighbors are.

he should have stayed inside like the 911 operator asked him too

In the case of hero or killer….i beleive he has no right to do such a thing. What he did is a crime and I agree with the woman Anderson had on the show that argued..”there is no death penalty for robbing someone and Horn was not in danger.

It seems to me that Mr. Horn had already decided when he said, “You hear the shotgun clickin,” that his intention was to go outside and shoot those men. If I was on a jury I would want to go for second degree murder. If the men had broken into his home or come into Mr. Horn’s yard with malicious intent then he had every right to protect his family and his property, but legally I just don’t see how he his justified in insinuating himself into his neighbor’s situation.

My grandfather was a farmer in southwestern Oklahoma and lived way out in the boondocks far away from any neighbors and he had his shotgun in his living room. Every once in a while a stranger came to the door in the night to ask for directions. He had his shotgun in his hand when he greeted them, but fortunately he never had the occasion to shoot anyone. Knowing him well, he probably would have shot someone if they had broken into his house, but if someone was looting the neighbor’s house he probably would have called the sheriff.

Do you seriously think that if those criminals were carrying guns that they wouldn’t have been the first to drop and act on the neighboor? Pretty ridiculous…maybe you’d think differently if you’ve had a friend/neighboor/loved one raped and murdered by thugs like these.

Joe Horn is a vigilante, he was not defending his home or property but his neighbor’s property. By not charging him with a crime mean people have the right to use deadly force if they feel the need to protect anyone’s property no matter if it is next door, down the block or about anywhere. I thought that was the job of the police.

Concerning Mr. Horn and the Texas Castle Law:
Mr. Horn was absolutely right in blowing away the two illegal immigrant criminal invaders. I would be proud to do exactly the same thing in a similar situation and this event should send a message to criminals and illegals alike.

Oh by the way, I am a minority African-American), a concealed handgun license holder and law-abiding citizen. Kudos to Mr. Horn and other law-abiding citizens who choose to carry.

Joe Horn will be a household name for his vigilance and courage to handle the situation under his intrepretation of right to bear arms! This use of force will not work in every similar scenario! Don’t try this at home!

I suppose it’s a shame those guys were killed. But not much of one.

You have the right to defend your property, sure. But how about your neighbor’s? If you can’t count on the cops to take care of it (and he did give them a fair chance to get there), I’d rather my neighbor stop someone robbing my place than let them get away. Shooting them might be the only option.

I think if something’s going on, no help available, and you have the ability to intervene, you should intervene.

We’ve got one case of a woman who spent more than 30 minutes dying on a hospital floor with other patients there and two security guards checking in briefly – no one lifts a finger.

Then we’ve got no-one else around but Horn, and he risks himself to stop two criminals.

I know which I’d trust more. And it certainly isn’t the lazy bastards at that hospital.

Well, actually the good thing is that the bad people seem to be moving from NYC to Texas- hopefully they’ll get some more of this American justice. I think that what Mr. Horn did was right. I live in nyc and I’m applying for a gun license this month so that i can protect myself in my apt. from the over-whelmingly high number of criminally-minded, psychopathic, wanna-be thuggish, threatening, aggressive people that live in the city. Crime is down, but it isn’t enough. I think that more law-abiding people who live in nyc should do the same.

Premeditated murder indeed come on, these guys were not on “his” property, he was also told not to go outside, how could his life be in danger if he stayed inside and watch on! then he could have been a witness to what happen and help them catch these rubbers simple as that. The question is!! Was it because they were “hispanic or black”, if they were white would he shoot them?

Left for Dead-Something similar happened in the emergency waiting room at King-Drew hospital in Los Angeles, CA. I don’t believe the woman was mentally ill, but she was there for treatment, collapsed and died in the waiting room after complaining multiple times of her symptoms. This is pretty disturbing…have some hospital staff become so desensitized to sick people that it doesn’t occur to them that some situations are literally life and death and some may really need immediate help, or at least a triage??? Anderson, I think a “Keeping Them Honest” special report on this phenomena is in order…it’s happened too many times and I’m sure it’s happened more than I’m aware. I’m looking forward to you and Sanjay Gupta researching this.

What Mr. Horn did was legal and this could lead to more burglars thinking twice about robbing somebody’s House. Now Mr. Horns his neighborhood may not be robbed for ever by his deed .So way to go Mr. Horn… ‘ Wish some one would shoot some burglars in my neighborhood…

More criminals should be handled like Mr. Hoag(?) did. He was totally correct to react like he did…less criminals walking around.
We’re too easy in the U.S. and the criminals are using up our justice system…..legally, ha right! No. too much of our system is spent on “trying” criminals who are blatently doing what this situation showed.

I tell Joe that I’m sorry he feels so bad, I wish I had done it!! I’d be proud of myself. I step outside my door and half the street is legal and half is not! The laws apply to 50% of the neighborhood, and does not for the others!

For all you people that think he was wrong-
PUBLISH YOUR ADDRESS – Let the murders, rapists, robbers know where you live, and that they are welcome to your stuff, your wife, your kids-
For us here we are fed up, and 3″ of brass is what I call justice!

We are fed up living in this SANCTUARY HELL HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joe Horn for MY NEIGHBOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It must be nice to be a white man in this society. You can just kill people indiscriminately and people barely bat an eye. The blatant racism in the Horn and Sheley stories is appalling. How do I know it’s racist? Imagine if a dark skinned Mexican American had shot down two white illegal immigrants in cold blood. What if a Black man with a long criminal record had bludgeoned 8 people in a week. There would be no psychologist discussing what prompted his actions. A Chicano talk show host wouldn’t have been able to discuss a Mexican American homeowner that shot whites in in the back. I’m completely disgusted by their actions and I am doubly disgusted by this soft, sympathetic coverage!

Mr. Horn could have shot the men on their legs or any other part of their body without causing death.
This situation begs these questions:
1. If the men had turned out to be long lost relatives of the home-owner, would Mr Horn be free today?…NO
2. If it was my house Mr. Horn was protecting would I say he was wrong for killing them?…YES.
Mr. Horn went alittle too far in protecting his neighbours property.
If the men were armed, after he fired the first shot, the second man could had shot him.
Least we forget, the men were carrying out an criminal act, unarmed, for which the penalty is not death.

How PC can we get. The writer from CNN put not into all caps.
It is not wrong to defend yourselves. We let illegal aliens run about our country. They don’t respect our laws when they came here. They were not respecting our laws when they were robbing someone’s home. We have to respect other countries laws when we travel there but we don’t except people to respect our laws when they come here. We have not returned to the ‘old west.’ We have people to decide if it is wrong and they were the grand jury. So if we not respecting our form of citizens review that we are doomed to a dictatorship

I know someone very close to me who was a troubled teen and actually burglarized his neighbors until he got his life on track. He was 18 years old at that time. Since then, he’s graduated from college and is a civil engineer making six figures. I’m glad that he didn’t meet up with someone like Mr. Horn or I might have never met and married my husband. People can change but these two men will never get that chance and it’s not Mr. Horn’s place to make that judgment.

Thank you second amendment. Its about time govt. gives the good guys
some defense rather than say RUN!

Joe Horn a Hero? The Lone Star state has a long history of violence and blood shed as well, the longest list of execution types far surpassing any other state. I truly think that Mr. Horn believed that he was doing the right thing, and at the end of the day, he will have to live with himself for what he did. Could he have taken a non-lethal aim with his double barrel 12 gauge? Perhaps but dead or alive, the only reason that he walked is because the 2 desperate people he slaughtered, were not Americans. Not having seen there green card, more than anything Mr. Horn (who is probably a closet racist) should be thanking his lucky they ran the border!

So much for the good Christians turning the other cheek. Good lord people are we no longer civilized. Shoot some one in the back NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE FROM OR THE COLOR OR THEIR RELIGION or the lack of it. What would Christ do? All us good Southern christians should simply pray. Is the road to Hell is paved with good intentions and were these good intentions?

Mr. Horn displays the same mentality our Leaders have these past years–a blatant disregard for human life. What is going on in this country?

There is no way Mr. Horn was in fear of his life when he was safely inside his home. Mr. Horn was determine to right the injustice that he felt the two men were committing.

I do not in any way condone what the men were doing. However, the punishment of two lives lost, does not equate to stolen property.

Texas justice. Priceless…

It really sadden’s me to think/know that a human being sat in the waiting room that long and no one came out to check on her. Then when she fall over and died – NO ONE tried to get help and/or walked over her like she was a spot on the floor – ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR MURDER!!

everyone has the right to protect property, why should anyone who has worked hard for their home and property all their life loose it because some people want to commit a crime.

if you come unto my property, my home illegally I’ll kill you dead.

I commend Mr Horn for a job well-done he leads by example for others to follow.

As a single woman living by myself, I still stand by my stance that what Mr. Horn did was right. I’m tired of people defending criminals and second guessing law enforcement when they do their job or citizens like Joe Horn who got involved with protecting his community. What if his neighbors were not away and these burglars breaking in happened to be armed or armed themselves with kitchen knives once they got in? If it was happening to me, I for one would want my neighbor to shoot whoever is trying to enter my residence. If they die, then so be it – I wouldn’t want it to be me or some other innocent.

And what about the very possible instance where the Mr. Horn in the case is somehow wrong, misjudges or misperceives the situation and shoots someone innocent? Or shoots some kid who’s in the wrong place for the first time in his life, along for the ride without having the maturity to know what he’s doing? It’s a well-known fact now how many innocent people have been found on death row.

The less we “citizens” value life, the more we value just our property and take our power to act individually, the more we’ll have primitive, militia-style or citizen executions–and some will go tragically wrong.

In my opinion, Mr. Horn represents what has always been the right of every American citizen… to defend himself, his property and the rights of others. These two men were illegal aliens. Not citizens. They were not there to fix his neighbors cable, they were robbing him. This was the first time they were caught. Who is to say that the next time they wouldnt have surprised someone in their home and ended up killing them in the process?
Mr. Horn is not a hero, nor a criminal, but an American doing what more Americans need to do. Defend themselves…stand up for whats right and take reponsibility for the gaps in security provided by our dedicated Law Enforcement Community.

they would of got away.if it was not for that man need less to say they could come to you house rob you or hurt they chose to do what they did life of crime is dangrous

I have been the victim of a mugging and a burglary in my lifetime. I understand the feelings of anger and emotions that come over a person when they feel violated and victimized. With this said, human life is more precious than personal property any day and any time. This is the reason why I’ve never purchased a gun. In my view, I’d rather suffer the consequences, whatever they may be as opposed to having the live with the thought of taking a life. What has our society come to when we think that this type of vigilantee justice is appropriate. I am more afraid of people like Mr. Horn than I am of burgulars. God help this country.

Two dead people, is a horrible thing…. HOWEVER…. when bad people do bad things, sometimes there are bad consequences… Since the police are sometimes ineffective in keeping the peace, it is up to the homeowner to protect life and property.. For too long, VICTIMS’ RIGHTS are being whittled away while criminals rights become stronger and stronger.. If MORE incidents like this were broadcast…. maybe the potential criminal will think twice about invading the sanctity of a persons home.

It is sad that a human life is worth no more than the cost of a stolen object in this country. Why is the death penelty for a misdemeanor not questioned and how can our government ordain giving all people legally carrying a firearm the right of judge, jury and executioner?

I have lived in Texas for the past seven years. Since then we have had two cars broken into, a lawnmower stolen, tools and bicycles taken right out of our garage. Several of our neighbors have suffered the same. Maybe if more homeowners reacted like Mr. Horn, thiefs would think twice befores stealing.

Why can you not understand?
IF THESE TWO THEIVES WHERE NOT STEALING OTHER PEOPLE’S PROPERTY THEY WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY
KILL-THEM-ALL
Dead Criminals are good. Joe Horn and other just like him are NO, None, ZERO threat to me. I have nothing to fear at all. But then I am not a criminal and you will not meet me coming out of someone’s home with items that do not belong to ME
How is it no one gets this?
Hey lets send the message loud and clear “You can break in and rob any home you want in America if someone sees you they will only call the police and you will have plenty of time to escape long before the police arrive”

Hello Anderson: I cannot help to be shocked by the commentaries regarding Mr. Horn’s actions in Texas and by the decision by this Texan “Grand Jury” not to bring charges against him for murder. How can someone murder two people, practically premeditated cold blooded assassinations and not being brought to justice??? What kind of “JUSTICE” is this? On the other hand we easily imprison the addicted, the mentally impaired and the poor… What an irony!

Response to Hero or Killer : Since this is an place to speak your mind im going to be real on this case. First of all, Horn didn’t see two robbers. Horn saw two black men. Why would he shoot two men stealing from someone he didn’t know? Were they even stealing is the question. He said that they were coming onto his property. Then why were the bodies found on his neighbors yard with bullet wounds in their back. It’s very racist because if someone of are color was to shoot two caucasions, we would’ve had life no parole. Say I’m wrong if you wish but I’ve seen it happen.
Response to Left For Dead: This is just sickening. Only a person with no heart can do something so low and unhuman. What animal can sit there and watch an elderly woman fall to her death. Without saying one word. People sitting there, laughing, and carrying on as if no one is there. This scares me. This makes me not even want to be put in a hospital. Now that I remember, I never really had good care at a hospital. I’ve had good care at a clinic but never at a hospital. Aren’t hospitals here to SAVE peoples lives and treat them or try to treat them. If my definition is wrong will someone please correct me.
Signed: A mad black 15 year old girl

Mr Horn did NOT shoot them in the back. He shot them in their sides. The two robbers were running INTO Mr Horn’s yard. They were on his property when he shot them. I am so tired of the wrong facts being stated on TV. The only way to lower the crime rate in 2008 is to shoot to kill. Good job, Mr Horn!

Maybe it’s time to stop using 300 year old laws.
Giving everyone the right to buy weapons to “defend” themselves doesnt sound like the best idea if you want to keep people from killing eachother.

Joe Horn was right to defend his neighbors property, and then to defend himself from these thugs when they were in his yard.

If more criminals thought they may killed when they commit a crime,
crime would decrease in our cities. Police do not always protect us so we all need to look out for ourselves and our neighbors!!!!!!!!!

Go Joe!!!!!!! You did right in my opinion.

Joe Horn Issue-These days it’s hard to find people that are willing to back you up in this ME ME world as a single female can can only hope I would have a neighbor looking out for me insted of one that might think “it’s not my problem.” Thank You Joe for looking out for your neighbor!.

thank god decent american citizens now have a way to protect
themselves and their belongings. for way too many years a corupt
american judicial system, infested with perverts and criminals
has been doing it’s damnest to protect and empower the most evil
factors of our society, while trampling into the ground good and decent
american citizens. in my book joe horn deserves a bronze statue,
and they should erect it in washington!
he’s a real american who had the guts to stand up for his rightsand the rights of all decent americans- give him a medal, too!

Somebody’s home is suppose to be a safe heaven, when anyone choose to invade that space, do so at his /her own risk. May they RIP

We have to be careful of calling people Heroes!!!!!

While Horn did what he should have done by trying to stop to burglars, killing them is somewhat questionable

And I am not in agreement to call him a hero. He is not a Hero. He just stopped to burglars.

horn had a right to defend himself but not on this particular day he didnt, he went out of his house to pursue the suspects, they didnt pose any immediate danger to him and he had no reason to leave his house, he comes back and says the police are here already, sounds like the cops would have got the guyz in time, he got trigger happy, I am an african immigrant and i have seen this type of justice on the streets of our third world country. Well it looks like America is walking BACK into the future, no difference between this and a thief being lynched for stealing your neighbors cow.

I can’t believe Micheal Vick received three (3) years for killing two dogs and the country goes crazy; this man premediates kills two humans and the reaction is what are the rights when someone is breaking into your home?

Who knows how many times these guys had committed crimes against others in the past, and if not stopped, how many more would become victims to these scumbags.

I believe that Mr Horn should be tried and convicted of killing two unarmed men. He commited murder. To call him a hero is to make mockery of the word “hero”. Mr. Horn commited a criminal act . The Texas Grand Jury that cleared Mr. Horn did a disservice to the society and they should be ashmed of their action.

Mr. Horn killed two unarmed Hispanics who did not come to his home. If these men were Whites I doubt that Mr. Horn would have shot them. If these men were Whites, I doubt that those who hail Mr. Horn as their “hero” would do so. If these men were Whites, I doubt that the Texas Grand Jury would clear Mr. Horn of wrong doing.

I do not support any criminal but to call Mr. Horn a hero is rather sickening.

There is a very fine line between defending your own property and that of your neighbor. Granted these two guys were definitely in the wrong for stealing someone else’s property, but this Horn guy is nothing short of a cold blooded murderer. If his life was in danger why were the victims shot in the back? If someone is running away then how in the world is that a threat to someone’s life? I bet the 911 operator who took the call and pleaded for him not to take justice into his own hands doesn’t think Mr. Horn’s life was in danger. If it had been a person of color who shot two white men in the back, would they be considered heroes or would they be drug behind a pickup truck, lynched in the jail, or even beaten to death on the way to jail? This is a travesty and it only shows that the judicial system is still very biast in nature. I am deeply saddened to say that in America a dog has a better chance of seeking justice than a man of color. Shame on you Texas for keeping racism alive and well. Ultimately Mr. Horn, you will have to meet the Lord on your true judgement day. The eternal burn will not be over as quickly as your gunshots to the back of those two men you MURDERED. Thank you grand jury for making this murderer named Horn the new KKK poster boy.