Texas State Lawmaker Opposing Deadly Force Bill Shoots Would-Be Thief

[SnakeEye]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288737,00.html

HOUSTON — A state lawmaker who opposed a bill giving Texans stronger right to defend themselves with deadly force pulled a gun and shot a man he says was trying to steal copper wiring from a construction site, police said Monday.

Rep. Borris Miles told police he was fixing a leak on the second floor of the Houston house he's building Sunday night when he heard a noise downstairs and saw two men trying to steal the copper. After Miles confronted the pair, one of the men threw a pocketknife at him, Houston Police spokesman Victor Senties.

Miles, a former law enforcement officer, shot the man in the left leg, police said. The wounded suspect was being treated at a Houston hospital. Police were trying to identify the other suspect.

Charges of aggravated robbery are pending against the wounded suspect, Senties said.

Police said Miles, who is in his freshman term, is licensed to carry a concealed weapon. No charges have been filed against Miles, Senties said.

Miles, a Democrat, voted against a bill that gives Texans stronger legal right to defend themselves with deadly force in their homes, vehicles, and workplaces. The so-called "castle doctrine," passed by the Legislature this year, states that a person has no duty to retreat from an intruder before using deadly force. The law goes into effect Sept. 1.

 

[Jose]

All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.

 

[Ripach]

Typical liberal nonsense. It's bad for the general population to have firearms and we have to protect them from themselves, but we need guns to defend ourselves from said public. Makes me F'n sick. They should prosecute him since the castle doctrine is not yet in affect.

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

Actually, I wish he had been stabbed a couple of times, not fatally, just enough to scare the shit out of him and clear his mind on the matter.

I'd like to see someone interview him and see if his encounter engaged a few more synapses in his brain.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

A prosecutor could argue that it is well known that people rarely carry more that one pocket knife, so the person who threw the knife was known to be disarmed thus making that person an insufficient threat to justify lethal force.

 

[pipmaster1971]

Be interesting to see why he voted against the bill in the first place. His 2006 rating from the NRA-PVF was an A-. As normal, there's probably more to this story than meets the eye.

http://www.quorumreport.com/DocumentsOnline/TX06PPC_final1.pdf

 

[matt1956]

do as I say, not as I do...

 

[dwarven1]

A prosecutor could argue that it is well known that people rarely carry more that one pocket knife, so the person who threw the knife was known to be disarmed thus making that person an insufficient threat to justify lethal force.

Guess I'm the rare one, then... don't EVER make that assumption about me.

 

[dixidawg]

No charges have been filed against Miles, Senties said.

Massachusetts it ain't

 

[Admin]

Does it shock anyone to see that it was a Democrap?

 

[Garys]

A hypocrite and a bad shot! Unless he shot the person in the leg on purpose. Which is a whole other sin.

Gary