Falkenberg: Property outweighs life in Horn case | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Falkenberg: Property outweighs life in Horn case | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle:


"The same law that may protect Horn from indictment could also protect someone who, in the dark of night, discovers a group of teenage girls wrapping his front yard trees with toilet paper.
To a rational person, this is a harmless prank. Under Texas law, in a world without discretion, the girls are engaging in criminal mischief and the homeowner would be justified in mowing them down with a shotgun."