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Fed-Up Texas Restaurant Owner and Repeat Burglary Victim Fatally Shoots Suspected Robber

Mar. 12, 2013 9:35pm Jason Howerton

After three recent break-ins at his restaurant in Edinburg, Texas, the fed-up owner of Pumpjack Mexican Restaurant began staying inside his business overnight to personally defend his property from intruders.

At around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning, history again repeated itself. The business owner shot and killed a suspected burglar who forced his way into the restaurant. Police have identified the suspect as 46-year-old Gibert Medina, Jr., according to KGBT-TV.

Medina was confronted by the restaurant owner and, following a confrontation, was shot in the torso, according to police. At least three shots were fired.

Officials also confirmed that the Pumpjack Mexican Restaurant had been broken into three separate times in recent weeks, with criminals making off with TVs and cash.

Fed Up Restaurant Owner and Repeat Burglary Victim Takes an Armed Stand Against Suspected Robber

(KGBT-TV)

Police have not identified the restaurant owner, but no criminal charges have been filed in the case. Texas’ “castle law” was extended from a person’s home to their workplace in 2007, allowing workers to use deadly force if they feel they are in danger.

Lt. Oscar Treviño, an Edinburg police spokesman, told The Monitor that the case has been turned over to the Hidalgo County District Attorney for review.

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dmar003
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:04pm
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:12am
  Is it me, or did you think that a repeat burgular helped a restaurant owner kill a suspected robber?
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:05am
  @DMAR003….Don’t know…Texas is becoming the Washington State of the South…get the right prosecutor and this will go to trial. They will say that he took the law into his own hands and ambushed the thief….just saying.
  
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- fastgen1
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:15am
  Hmmmm, it is nice having all of these wonderful, peaceful, loving, wetbacks in this country, he wasn’t getting enough money from obammy. Our fault, not his, oh well, thankfully, he’s dead…..
  
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- heidihoneighbor
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:42am
  HHey avenger, i read it that way too.
  
  Headlines seem to be reaching in a lot of the news outlets lately
  
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- jakartaman
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:59am
  Love TEXAS
  
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- RedDirtTexas
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:33am
  This is how we roll!!! Kill a child, kill a cop, kill another person while committing another felony, or unlawfully enter our homes or businesses and we will kill you! If you don’t like it, don’t come here half cocked. Simple as that!
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:18pm
  Medicare only pays $265 for a funeral so Medicade will have to pay the rest.
  
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- dwsmokin
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:51pm
  I guess it’s safe to say that the Pumpjack may have fewer breakins for a while-unless a few career criminals either can’t read or don’t listen to the grapevine. Good for the owner-if you don’t protect your own property, no one else will do it for you.
  
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- DenverKitty
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:21pm
  .Good riddance to bad rubbish. Illegals cannot come to this Country and play their little mexican games — deport all of them for 6 generations back
  
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- Bum thrower
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:14pm
  Two items; 1. He was just doing a job Americans won’t do; 2. He was unaware that ‘burgulary in the night’ has a high workplace injury rate.
  
  Post a new sign; WARNING: those who break in ‘after hours’ will be found here when we reopen in the morning…..
  
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dmar003
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:04pm
just keep going and every thing will fall into place.

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dmar003
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:02pm
he has the right to protect himself and his business. he will probably get jail time because he shot an unarmed person. then there fines that he has to pay. god i hope not. thining the heard one sheep at a time.
God bless you

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- Ceefour
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:38am
  Nope…not gonna happen,bub. Badguys=0………Society=1 Viva la Revolucion!!!
  
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- IvanK
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:37am
  Sorry, but in Tx it is a defense to prosecution if a property owner uses deadly defense if :
  knew or had reason to believe that the person against whom the force was used:
  
  (A) unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor’s occupied habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment;
  
  (B) unlawfully and with force removed, or was attempting to remove unlawfully and with force, the actor from the actor’s habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment; or
  
  (C) was committing or attempting to commit aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery;
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:18pm
  Not true, Castle Doctrine give the presumption of imminent danger to the lawful occupant if the perp has entered the dwelling unlawfully. He will not be charged and he will not spend a dime. Nice try prog. Only a prog would say something so stupid. Patriot lawyers, please weigh in on this.
  
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- supermansdad
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:59pm
  Milradian-Dot is correct, and this coming from a FED LEO.
  
  Now I just feel dirty saying that he’s correct…….
  
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jspec33
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:01pm
Good!

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- DAS_MOOCH
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:23pm
  when i read the headline, i figured that the dead perp would likely carry the name of an illegal mexican or that of tyquan….i figured right.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:41pm
  I wonder how many unarmed women he raped……Sometimes its a good idea for women to carry guns, just because bad guys do exist.
  
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- Elena2010
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:15am
  Mooch — since 96 percent of the population down here is Hispanic, of course he had a Spanish surname. That does not make him illegal.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:53am
  Oh, WANGO…man, you went over the top with that one, bro…
  
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- Just_Us2
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:06pm
  Wango enjoys the pained expressions of small children as he bends them to his will. It is so.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:03pm
  JUST_US2….YOURSENSEI/WANGO/HORSIE/MONICNE has trouble controlling it’s compulsion to project it’s fantasies here. Cut the idiot some slack….
  
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WINNEBAGOMAN
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:00pm
Too bad someone had to be killed.

But in the end, I’m glad the good guy lived and the bad guy died. And it was the decision of the bad guy that lead to the ending. So… Happy ending.

I pray for the business owner that he has peace with himself. I’m sure he is a good man and will struggle some with having to end the life of a slug who held no respect or regard for his right to property and pursuit of happiness.

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- fedupcitizen2012
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:30pm
  It is not too bad that someone died. The stupid bastart that broke in deserved exactly what he got. Way to go business owner!
  
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- WINNEBAGOMAN
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:54pm
  It’s always too bad when someone has to die. It’s the perps fault. But I value ALL human life. I do not cast an ounce of blame on the business owner. I’d have done the exact same thing. Why do you diminish the value of human life so quickly?
  
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DoOrDie
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:55pm
When the government can’t do it’s job, it’s up to us citizens to do it for them. Lifelong criminals deserve no less than what this one received.

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- 1947
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:02pm
  There isn’t a government in America anymore just a Hollywood Show
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:42pm
  1947 you got that right…..and I am sick of all the PRO GUN movies coming out of Hollywood……Calipornia needs to stick to making porn….Leave our gun rights alone.
  
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- MDECKER
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:44pm
  1 down! 2 to go!
  
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- NavET-SS
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:33pm
  It is not, nor has it ever been the role of government to prevent crimes. They are there to punish after a crime has been committed.
  
  Until we understand that again (we once knew that), we will continue to be subject to bad people’s unbridled acts of aggression or covetousness.
  
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- JOLEEN M
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:43pm
  The government wont do its job. They will pay for his health repairs, turn him loose even though hes most likely an illegal, give him goverment assistance since it was only burglary right? Probably.
  
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- hopeakukko
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:57pm
  There is not one thing the police could have done to stop the criminal or protect the victim of this break-in. They are not omnipotent. If the government is doing its job, it will stay out of our lives, out of our homes and families and out of our businesses. It’s not the job of government to keep us safe 24/7. We must take the responsibility into our own hands—where it belongs. Otherwise, these kinds of incidents will almost always have a negative and very sad outcome.
  
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TheHalfrican
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:33pm
Chicken soup for the soul.

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- Buggs
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:58pm
  Another feel good story
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:13am
  All warm and fuzzy… add a leg tingle with it….
  
  Mmmm mmm good!
  
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- Just_Us2
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:11pm
  One day a parent will find WANGO…then it will be WANGO the EX-PEDO.
  
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Walkabout
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:23pm
Liberals should be happy.

The incarceration rate, execution rate, crime rate & unemployment rate will not go up because this burglar is now dead & cannot progress onto more violent crime

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- Dr.Fez
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:50am
  Nope, but they gained another voter…
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:42am
  Dr. Fez
  
  I would have thought less, but then I remembered the dead vote Democrat.
  
  You are correct.
  
  :(
  
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- tcpubelle
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:50pm
  Which is why the officer recommended against protecting your own property in this manner…just one more Zombie Voter to keep track of in his precinct.
  
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- Texasslim
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:57pm
  I would say the perps rehabilitation will be 100 percent, he will never commit another crime !
  
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Whatmeworry-never
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:18pm
Judge Leroy Bean reborn, kudos sir, hats off to ya!

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- crusaderx9
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:54pm
  “not very sporting”
  
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- RaydocX
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:25pm
  sporting?
  it wasn’t very sporting to repeatedly burgle the restaurant, putting the man’s livliehood at risk.
  when it comes time for guns and knives, ‘sporting’ isn’t in the equation.
  Survival is the name of the game, and anyone who thinks the owner wasn’t afraid… did not feel at risk as it happened again, has never walked a dark alley, or been alone on a street at night when an unknown group comes round the corner.
  
  I hope he gets support… stepping through that particular looking glass will leave him forever changed.
  
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- crusaderx9
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:19am
  It was a reference to the movie “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean” after he shot Bad Bob.
  
  Fermel Parlee: [after Bean shoots Bad Bob in the back] You call that sportin’? It weren’t a real standup fight.
  Judge Roy Bean: Standup? I laid down to steady my aim.
  Fermel Parlee: Well, I mean he never had a chance.
  Judge Roy Bean: Not at all. Never did, never would have. I didn’t ask him to come here. I don’t abide giving killers a chance. He wants a chance, let him go someplace else.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:17pm
When is somebody going to do a through research project on the reason a 46 year old wants to rob a restaurant for pocket change and trinkets? My theory is that it directly ties to the economy and lack of opportunity forcing people to do stupid things. The federal government has choked off oil production (as evidenced by the intimidation e-mails sent out from the EPA) and thus put many people into starving status. I would even go as far to say the enviro “community” has blood on their hands for creating our current rash of violence. If the left wants to play in dire terms and emergency situations, I might as well counter with an even more dire one. If they (the left) continue to choke our nation’s great ability to be energy rich and bring business back home, they will be responsible for every situation such as this.

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- BlackCrow
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:25pm
  It is directly tied to STUPID. It’s Texas, people have guns, people can protect their lives and PROPERTY, people DO protect their lives and property, thugs die. Happens all the time.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:30pm
  @Black,
  
  Try to see my point. I am not excusing the perp. But there is a reason he chose that path and my thesis is that progressive policy has led him down it.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:39pm
  I agree with you Ole. I think about the blood on the government’s and greenie’s hands, all the time.
  
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- Mr.buff1959
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:28am
  Thank you well said. F&F.
  
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- ShamanWorld
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:30am
  @olef. You are getting warmer….But the BIG picture is very frightening. There is maasive mounts of untapped oil iand natural gas in the US mainland and coasts, and Alaska. Everybody could be rich. How is it that with only 1/5 of the population of China or India, the US has much more land and wealth, but so many of our people dont own land or a home? More than half of the land in the US doesn’t even have no one in it because our country s so young. USA could have and should have been energy independent long ago. The “architects” of the USAs recent economic decline are trying to take land and resource ownership rights by making RE prices way too high, or adjustable loans that should never be allowed to be negative amortized. Look at what the housing bubble gve us,, foreclosures, bankruptcies etc. It’s getting harder to afford land and real estate. Here’s the big picture. America is being invaded by illegal European immigrants who are very wealthy(not all). With the Euro still being more valuable than the dollar, these Europeans(and other foreigners) have been snapping up massive amounts of RE nationwide. These foreigners(like Piers Morgan) on staying in the US under the amnesty umbrella. These socialists are funding politicians and political movements inside the US. And the globalist infiltraitors inside our govt have slowly legislated their way to bringing the US closer to European style governing ideas. Notice all these Brits(music) flooding the US lately too?
  
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- Ruckus_Tom
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:14am
  Here’s a shorter answer for you … Meth.
  
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- rochrealtor
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:49am
  We all have the intelligence to decide where we belong on earth. These men decided their fate. If you are in trouble go to your church or community, not to a legitimate business and screw his family!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:32pm
  I agree with Ole. It is not because the guy was “stupid”. It is because the govt has overtaxed and over-regulated the business community in this country to the point that they fled overseas to escape the Feds and their goons. It is not for lack of intelligence. The Latino community are highly skilled craftsmen. If they had jobs, they would not steal. Now the blacks…….
  
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- sootsme
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:17pm
  Sorry, I’m calling BS. He (or anyone ambitious) could start mowing lawns, doing yardwork, washing windows, washing cars, whatever. Our 12 year old son was regularly earning $100 or more a day around our “economically depressed” small town, using nothing but motivation and initiative. All he had to do was to want to work. He went door to door and busted his ****, and built up a nice little business on his own terms. If a 12 year old can do it, anyone else who wants to can do it as well. This used to be how we Americans rolled, remember? The left and our “leader” can be depressed all they want- Those who wish to may have a life all they want… Pick one and live with it.
  
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supermansdad
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:13pm
One our of three rounds hitting the target? Thats great! Its actually better than average which is 1/4-1/6.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:41pm
  The average cop would have fired 15 times and reloaded. Then they would have had a back-slapping contest and joked about how good their pensions and benefits will be.
  
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- supermansdad
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 7:06pm
  You must have seen some of my co-workers shoot! However, statisticaly speaking, out of those 15rds fired between 1/4 & 1/6 will strike the intended target. And stats show that cops and civilians are usually about the same for number of hits.
  
  BTW, my pension sucks!
  
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DEFCON4
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:10pm
New sign in the window reads:

Handmade Justice on the Premises.
* now serving ‘high-velocity’ lead on our late night menu…..

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- TyrannyNoMore
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:11pm
  Defcon 4 hahaha…..Awesome ! That made me smile ear to ear.
  
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RDMercer
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:09pm
BRAVO congratulations sir. One illegal rat bastard meets his maker.

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welovetheUSA
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:59pm
In that part of the country where Mexicans are commiting crimes every 5 minutes its hard to be everywhere as a policeman. Good that the owner took care of the situation.

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- QuranIsCorruptAndMuhammadPossessedBySatan
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:54am
  Did you hit the link to the news station and read the facebook comments…lol
  
  The majority of the commentators are Latinos and they are GLAD that the guy shot the criminal.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:56pm
Attention criminals. Your desire to steal from or harm others is a temporary problem. Your acting out those desires most likely will be met with a permanent solution.

Get your lives straight, work hard, and assure yourself that you do not want to go into the daisy farming business the hard way.

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- db321
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:03pm
  I’m going to PumpJack Resturant and get me some Huevos Rancheros – My kind of Resturant State.
  
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SciPro
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:51pm
Again we see, the police not being able to protect this man’s property, even when they knew of repeated break-ins and robberies. The police are ‘never’ the be all, end all in your security, as many have supposed .. here is a case in point …

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- supermansdad
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:06pm
  Partially correct. It’s not their job! As a citizen it is YOUR job to protect yourself. That’s been repeatedly affirmed by SCOTUS on several occasions as far back as the 1830s to as recent as the Heller case.
  
  The police’s job is to prevent/stop societal harm not individual harm. Thats some random Joe Anarchist/Sovergin Citizen/Crazy Idiot running around shooting at a group of people, or the above named person who believes they should be able to drive 40mph in a school zone because “they have a right” to drive.
  
  Therefore it’s your job to protect yourself not theirs.
  
  Yes, I understand you were intending to say the cops can’t be every where instantly to protect everyone instantly.
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:39am
  The cops job is to protect the city, county, state governments and the laws, ordinances, and rules that they dictate. Anything else is naive
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:51pm
  The cop’s job is to protect the criminal politicians and enforce every law, no matter how unconstitutional it may be, and to beat down or kill anybody that disagrees with the politicians. All this in exchange for lucrative pay, pension and benefits. Every once in a while they will search for a lost kid or help a damsel in distress. I apologize in advance to all of the really good men and women wearing badges. There just seems to be more goons than good lately. A lot more.
  
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mrunner
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:49pm
YEA! And another perp bites the dust. This is another reason we need to maintain the 2nd amendment rights. Cleaning up the neighborhood and just think of the prison costs this fine citizen just saved his community!

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Stoic one
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:47pm
I sincerely hope//pray this owner is exonerated; especially since the police are impotent to prevent crime. Law enforcement solves crimes after they have been committed, not before. The movie ‘Minority Report is still at this time fiction.

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- supermansdad
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:11pm
  Once again, not their j o b to prevent crime. It’s their job to solve said act.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:24pm
  I thought that was what I said….
  
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jocko
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:45pm
Well, after progressives finish with America, only the burglar would have had the gun and the police would still be scratching their butts saying that they couldn’t do anything until they caught the perp ‘in the act’.

Good for this real American. Americans, until progressivism sucked out our soul, always stood up and took for themselves.

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truckingoff
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:44pm
The right to protect your lively hood’ your right to happiness, your property. Clearly a Right From God.

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- supermansdad
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:16pm
  Amen!
  
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DagneyT
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:43pm
Can we compare gun deaths in Chicago, DC, L.A. or any other gun-controlled city to any city in Texas? Lame-stream media won’t, thank God for The Blaze!

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:53pm
  Better yet, compare the innocent killed versus the criminals killed in each state. That would be a better telling story on gun control.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:10pm
  DARMOK, Spot on!
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:14pm
  Hey RJJ:
  You changed your avatar again. Nice.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:34am
  DARMOK, It was a T shirt that really caught my attention. Just did not show up as well as I thought that it would, but you apparently could see it. I’ve got another that I tried last night before I went to bed, but it still not show up even this morning. So, I went back to my old standby. Will try that other one later this afternoon.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:41pm
One down, another 999,999,999 to go.

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ares338
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:41pm
Good shooting bud. Way to go….that piece of crap won’t be stealing for a living again.

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Southerner01
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:41pm
Sometimes the right thing happens!

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Mike Austin
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:40pm
A permanent Texas solution. Good for him.

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