Man Tracks Down His Stolen Truck, Kills Alleged Thief In Gunfight Outside Mall

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51. I'm like the rabbi in the old joke...

I agree with everyone here who has commented so far.

My take is that I would assume in the state of Texas that anyone from whom I stole the truck would own a gun or twenty guns and if I stole enough trucks, I might eventually have a problem of this variety. The perpetrator was carrying, and apparently had been watching too many of those direct to video movies where the bad guys get away with most everything they do.

As far as the owner goes, he is obviously one of those “I’d rather be tried by 12 than carried by six“ people and I can absolutely see this happening easily, and I’m amazed that it doesn’t happen more than it does. Which reminds me of a story, of course….

My father was a postal worker by night, and those of us who are older remember that spate of post office shootings almost all perpetrated by employees. Thus the phrase “going postal” entered the lexicon… My father remarked when I asked him about all this, that he was amazed that it didn’t happen more often given who worked there at the time. He himself had to be saved by friendly coworkers on a number of occasions from irrational, insane individuals, who worked in the same building as did he.