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TexasBushwhacker

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17. Desperate people do desperate things

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #15)

Sun May 10, 2026, 02:22 PM

May 10

Part of the COVID-19 relief was to hold off on evictions. That is no longer the case.

We just had a case in Houston where a young man broke into a home during the early morning hours. "Professional" burglers break in during the day when people are away at work. The homeowner jumped up, grabbed his firearm, chased the intruder and shot him dead OUTSIDE his home.

Of course the gun nuts are saying the intruder "got what he deserved", but we'll see. The "castle doctrine" allows you to protect yourself, other people IN your home and your property. It doesn't allow you to shoot a FLEEING SUSPECT in the back! At the very least, badass homeowner will have to lawyer up and deal with the investigation. Consequences!

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Violent crime rates plunge in America's big cities [View all] BumRushDaShow May 10 OP

Curious when just a few days ago 13 DC police personnel were placed on leave for falsifying crime statistics Ponietz May 10 #1

Link? RainCaster May 10 #2

I saw an AP one from a couple days ago BumRushDaShow May 10 #10

I was wrong -- they were fired -- and MAGA lies through its teeth Ponietz May 10 #14

What is also curious is how 45 widely touted that D.C.'s "crime" had massively "dropped" BumRushDaShow May 10 #5

Fudging the numbers has become normalized with this admin in place. magicarpet May 10 #6

It will be going up shortly as more and more fall into poverty travelingthrulife May 10 #3

That has been my biggest concern BumRushDaShow May 10 #7

shitstain making sure that crime goes up dave99 May 10 #12

Yeah b/c half the country was 10 degrees for 2 months. bucolic_frolic May 10 #4

trDUMP & his side kick KKKa$h Patel are more than pleased to take all the credit for a job well done. magicarpet May 10 #8

Trump maga will claim the drop is because of what trump did oldmanlynn May 10 #9

shitstain lies all the time. Why should truth bother a LIAR like it ? dave99 May 10 #11

Yeah, well... when one goes full nazi, one can expect this to happen. OldBaldy1701E May 10 #13

People are pawning their guns to buy groceries and gas. JohnnyRingo May 10 #15

Desperate people do desperate things TexasBushwhacker May 10 #17

All because of ICE dragging off the undesirables, doncha know Bayard May 10 #16

Why would they claim these numbers are fake? SamuelAdams May 10 #18