"Property, no. Breaking into a home...absolutely."

Donk hit it perfectly.

However, the property part depends on what the individual is doing there. Don't go all commando on
the Jehova's Witness folks leaving books on your front porch. However, finding your neighborhood thugs
trying to force your back window at 2am is another story completely.

Use a suppressor if you want to be considerate of your neighbors :D


The lesson here is: Don't tresspass with stupid intentions. Especially if you're beligerant about it
( you want to be hostile ), carrying anything that can be used as a weapon, or are there in numbers.

It WILL get you killed.



The official version: ( TEXAS )


§ 9.41 : PROTECTION OF ONE'S OWN PROPERTY

(a) A person in lawful possession of land or tangible, movable property is justified in using force
against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary
to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on the land or unlawful interference with the property.

(b) A person unlawfully dispossessed of land or tangible, movable property by another is justified in
using force against the other when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is
immediately necessary to reenter the land or recover the property if the actor uses the force immediately
or in fresh pursuit after the dispossession and:

(1) the actor reasonably believes the other had no claim of right when he dispossessed the actor; or

(2) the other accomplished the dispossession by using force, threat, or fraud against the actor.




§ 9.42. DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:

(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41; and

(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:

(A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated
robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or

(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery,
aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the
property; and


(3) he reasonably believes that:

(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or
(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property
would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.