Old Dude vs Two Armed Thugs

[Very Texas]

Self Defense Heck Yeah

Justice prevails quickly in this instance. I am happy to see this seasoned man take his as well as others safety so seriously. He is my hero. Too bad all states do not have the same laws regarding self defense.

The NRA should use this guy for a new campaign.

 

[Neal_G.]

Great story!

I never underestimate old guys, I've seen "The Wild Bunch" to many times!
Plus, now there is a whole generation of hardcore 'Nam vets who are into their 60's, so you never know who you might be dealing with. Might be a hardcore lifetaker & widowmaker.

 

[dos0711]

"Charges unlikely against man who shot robbers"...they don't appear to be going to file charges. Good news!

 

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Don't want to shut this, but we are tending towards attaboys and bloodlust again. Don't need that.

Hint.

 

[rem44m]

I think it would be interesting to find out how often this guy has trained or if he had any training and how being under stress can or did change that.

 

[Hawg]

You can't be serious By your description the threat is over the minute they fled. Murder charges to follow

Case in point from my hometown. An 80 year old man I knew well was in his house when his BIL came over looking for his wife. This guy was a known wife beater and his wife had left him because of it. He was telling the old man what he was gonna do when he found her. He finally left and was getting in his car when the old man put six .38 specials in his back killing him. The old man was taken in for questioning but released with no charges filed.

 

[Tom Servo]

There's a certain philosophical satisfaction in seeing criminals their comeuppance.

However, we live in a civilized society governed by laws. Everybody deserves due process. When a civilian maims or kills in self-defense, they bypass that system altogether and rob the person they've shot of that right.

Sometimes circumstances are such that we can't wait for the system to intervene, and one may have to use lethal force to prevent serious harm in the moment. Such a situation is a terrible thing, and it must be treated with the utmost gravity.

Agreeing that a person had no choice (as it appears was the case here) is one thing. Cheering them on for inflicting harm is something else altogether. That is the encouragement of vigilantism.

And civilized people don't do that.