Joe Horn, a 61 year old Pasadena, Texas man was sitting at home working on his computer when heard the glass breaking at a neighbor's home.  Joe looked outside to see two men with a crowbar breaking in.  He picks up the phone and calls 911.  Here is quick (shortened) transcript of what happened next:

Dispatcher: "I want you to listen to me carefully, OK?"

Horn: "Yes?"

Dispatcher: "I got ultras coming out there. I don't want you to go outside that house. And I don't want you to have that gun in your hand when those officers are poking around out there."

Horn: "I understand that, OK, but I have a right to protect myself too, sir, and you understand that. And the laws have been changed in this country since September the First and you know it and I know it."

Dispatcher: "I understand."

Horn: "I have a right to protect myself ..."

Dispatcher: "I'm ..."

Horn: "And a shotgun is a legal weapon, it's not an illegal weapon."

Dispatcher: "No, it's not, I'm not saying that, I'm just not wanting you to ..."

Horn: "OK, he's coming out the window right now, I gotta go, buddy. I'm sorry, but he's coming out the window. "

Dispatcher: "No, don't, don't go out the door, Mister Horn. Mister Horn..."

Horn: "They just stole something, I'm going out to look for 'em, I'm sorry, I ain't letting them get away with this ----. They stole something, they got a bag of stuff. I'm doing it!"

Dispatcher: "Mister, do not go outside the house."

Horn: "I'm sorry, this ain't right, buddy."

Dispatcher: "You gonna get yourself shot if you go outside that house with a gun, I don't care what you think."

Horn: "You wanna make a bet?"

Dispatcher: "Stay in the house."

Horn: "There, one of them's getting away!

Dispatcher: "That's alright, property's not something worth killing someone over. OK? Don't go out the house, don't be shooting nobody. I know you're pissed and you're frustrated but don't do it."

Horn: "They got a bag of loot."

Dispatcher: "OK. How big is the bag?" He then talks off, relaying the information.

Dispatcher: "Which way are they going?"

Horn: "I can't ... I'm going outside. I'll find out."

Dispatcher: "I don't want you going outside, Mister..."

Horn: "Well, here it goes buddy, you hear the shotgun clicking and I'm going."

Dispatcher: "Don't go outside."

On the tape of the 911 call, the shotgun can be heard being cocked and Horn can be heard going outside and confronting someone.

"Move and you're dead!" he shouts. A loud bang is heard, then a shotgun being cocked and fired again, and then again.

Then Horn is back on the phone:

"Get the law over here quick. I've now, get, one of them's in the front yard over there, he's down, he almost run down the street. I had no choice. They came in the front yard with me, man, I had no choice! ... Get somebody over here quick, man."

Dispatcher: "Mister Horn, are you out there right now?"

Horn: "No, I am inside the house, I went back in the house. Man, they come right in my yard, I didn't know what the --- they was gonna do, I shot 'em, OK?"

Dispatcher: "Did you shoot somebody?

Horn: "Yes, I did, the cops are here right now."

Dispatcher: "Where are you right now?"

Horn: "I'm inside the house. ..."

Dispatcher: "Mister Horn, put that gun down before you shoot an officer of mine. I've got several officers out there without uniforms on."

Horn: "I am in the front yard right now. I am ..."

Dispatcher: "Put that gun down! There's officers out there without uniforms on. Do not shoot anybody else, do you understand me? I've got police out there..."

Horn: "I understand, I understand. I am out in the front yard waving my hand right now."

Dispatcher: "You don't have a gun with you, do you?

Horn: "No, no, no."

Dispatcher: "You see a uniformed officer? Now lay down on the ground and don't do nothing else."

Yelling is heard.

Dispatcher: "Lay down on the ground, Mister Horn. Do what the officers tell you to do right now." 

Is Joe Horn right or wrong in what he did?  Well, let me tell you.  In my mind, Joe Horn is a HERO.  Plain and simple.  God bless this man for being an upstanding citizen and protecting himself, his home, and his neighborhood from criminals.  He warned these criminals. "You move and your dead."  They moved.  Joe shot them.  Good job.

Now many of the ultra-liberal factions out there are already attempting to get Joe behind bars and make him out to be the criminal and criminals out to be the victims.  On CNN the reporter even went so far as to call them "Joe's Victims"!!!  That is ridiculous.  I'll never forget the California story of a man shooting a nighttime burglar in his home in the leg.  The burglar sued the victim and won a $43 million dollar judgement.  And people wonder why my motto is "shoot to kill."  How could it ever be considered my fault for protecting my home and family from a criminal!?!  It makes me very angry when I hear these ultra-liberals talk about criminal rights.  CRIMINALS SHOULD HAVE NO RIGHTS.  If your are in the process of breaking the law, you deserve whatever you get, even if it is death.

The castle doctrine, a new law passed in September 2007 in Texas was recently expanded precisely because the citizens of Texas were tired of rampant crime. This new law allows citizens to use deadly force in protecting their home or neighbor's home from criminals.  It is no longer required that you attempt to flee first.  Thank God for that, because I would never flee from criminals invading my neighborhood, regardless of the law.  I believe in my right to protect myself, family and friends from crime, even if my government does not.  Thankfully, Texans finally got the laws amended to give us that right legally.

And for those of you who say he should have let the cops handle it: I think you need help.  We (non-criminals) are all responsible for the wellfare of our country and people.  If you were to witness the rape of a 10 year old would you just sit back and watch while you were waiting for the cops.  I sure hope not.  I would hope you would intervene.

I'll say it one last time.  Joe Horn, you are my hero.

Oh, and if these ultra-liberals do somehow get charges filed against Joe, I will be there for him.  He doesn't know me, but his defense fund will get a nice padding from my donations.