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November 27, 2012, 08:36 PM

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carguychris

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My memory is a little fuzzy, but does Texas allow the use of deadly force to stop a property crime?

Yes, a rather notorious but frequently ill-understood TX statute allows the use of deadly force to stop a suspect from fleeing with stolen property, but the statute only applies under very specific circumstances.

The topic was most recently discussed in the following thread:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=468327

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