I've heard Austin is nice. Still don't plan on visiting there though. I've heard the law is probation happy in that State. Can't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere that almost half the population in TX is on probation. Y'all either have a bunch of lawbreakers there, or they arrest you for some dumb stuff in the State of Texas. I recently heard about the guy who got away with shooting two guys because he thought they were robbing his neighbor's house. I know it's legal to shoot to kill if they're breaking into your own house, but your neighbor's? You get arrested for dumb stuff but can shoot people breaking into your neighbor's house? Doesn't compute. lol
As to probation, I don't know anyone on probation.
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I've heard Austin is nice. Still don't plan on visiting there though. I've heard the law is probation happy in that State. Can't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere that almost half the population in TX is on probation. Y'all either have a bunch of lawbreakers there, or they arrest you for some dumb stuff in the State of Texas. I recently heard about the guy who got away with shooting two guys because he thought they were robbing his neighbor's house. I know it's legal to shoot to kill if they're breaking into your own house, but your neighbor's? You get arrested for dumb stuff but can shoot people breaking into your neighbor's house? Doesn't compute. lol
Yeah, Texas is probably the last state you want to get into the Breaking and Entering business. There are more guns and hunters on my street than probably in most full cities. Oh well, nobody said a life of crime was supposed to be easy.
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Yeah, Texas is probably the last state you want to get into the Breaking and Entering business. There are more guns and hunters on my street than probably in most full cities. Oh well, nobody said a life of crime was supposed to be easy.
that is probably very true!
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Yeah, Texas is probably the last state you want to get into the Breaking and Entering business. There are more guns and hunters on my street than probably in most full cities. Oh well, nobody said a life of crime was supposed to be easy.
I agree. What I have an issue with is being able to shoot someone on behalf of your neighbors. Doesn't sound right to me.
Guess I was wrong on my stats. Texas still, however, has the highest incarceration rate of any State.
In a continued examination of those states that lead the national trend in increasing levels of incarceration, the Justice Policy Institute turns a focus on the state of Texas. The Lone Star State's criminal justice system is particularly worthy of scrutiny at this time, as the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported in August, 2000 that Texas, for the first time, leads the nation in imprisoning its citizens: Texas now has the nation's largest incarcerated population under the jurisdiction of its prison system.11 Since 1990, Texas has lead the nation's 50 states with an annual average growth rate of 11.8%, about twice the annual average growth rate of other state prison systems (6.1%). Even more important to the national context, since 1990, nearly one in five new prisoners added to the nation's prisons (18%) was in Texas.12
I agree. What I have an issue with is being able to shoot someone on behalf of your neighbors. Doesn't sound right to me.
Why not? If more Americans would start defending what is right then crime would go down. JMO
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Guess I was wrong on my stats. Texas still, however, has the highest incarceration rate of any State.
In a continued examination of those states that lead the national trend in increasing levels of incarceration, the Justice Policy Institute turns a focus on the state of Texas. The Lone Star State's criminal justice system is particularly worthy of scrutiny at this time, as the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported in August, 2000 that Texas, for the first time, leads the nation in imprisoning its citizens: Texas now has the nation's largest incarcerated population under the jurisdiction of its prison system.11 Since 1990, Texas has lead the nation's 50 states with an annual average growth rate of 11.8%, about twice the annual average growth rate of other state prison systems (6.1%). Even more important to the national context, since 1990, nearly one in five new prisoners added to the nation's prisons (18%) was in Texas.12
Be sure and factor in there are a lot of people in Texas. PLUS we have a LOT of immigrants that are breaking the law.
AND we got a lot of refugees from La that wanted to test our laws!
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Why not? If more Americans would start defending what is right then crime would go down. JMO
Why does your State have the highest rate of incarceration then, if y'all are the law and order types? You'd think all them people having guns and the right to shoot anyone they see stealing something would make it a right peaceful place to live.
I agree. What I have an issue with is being able to shoot someone on behalf of your neighbors. Doesn't sound right to me.
I know that a lot of people were uneasy about that (obviously none of them on a grand jury), but people are tired of being victimized. It's not as if someone breaking into my neighbor's house is going to "play by the rules" and not harm me or my family if the situation took a turn that way. This was obviously a man who had a relationship with his neighbor and knew enough about him to know that he was out of town. The man claimed that he thought they were armed and turning towards him when he went to stop them.
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Be sure and factor in there are a lot of people in Texas. PLUS we have a LOT of immigrants that are breaking the law.
AND we got a lot of refugees from La that wanted to test our laws!
I know. But these stats are based on percentages, not just raw figures. Anyway, it's not that big a deal. I know you Texans love your state. Nothing wrong with that.
PLUS we have a LOT of immigrants that are breaking the law. 
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