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Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:34 pm
by texanjoker
VMI77 wrote:Someone shooting at kids TPing a house seems to be saying, however good or bad my life is now, I'd really really like it to be much much worse.
Very true

Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:49 am
by RogueUSMC
Maxwell wrote:Teens when I was growing up were more worried about getting shot with rock salt than we were buckshot. Of course back then that was an acceptable form of "property owner inflicted judgement" for being somewhere you shouldn't doing something you shouldn't. The worst part was having to explain it to your own parents which meant double punishment.
Of course I was a good boy and never had to worry about that sort of thing...

lol...make ya leap tall building ins a single bound (barbed wire fences anyway)...been there, done that...
Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:16 pm
by MechAg94
Texas also has limits on punitive damanges for tort cases. If the kid just caught a couple pellets with minor injuries, his damages aren't going to be enough to warrant taking the guy's house. That kind of ridiculous lawsuit is what the tort limits were supposed to control. You ought to be able to recover damages. It is not supposed to be a license to destroy someone's life and take all their stuff. And that is assuming you win and full responsibility is put on the shooter.
Also, I am not certain the court can take away the guy's homestede in a court action anyway. The worst you could probably do is put a lien on it. Other assets are likely fair game.
Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:22 pm
by Oldgringo
MechAg94 wrote:Texas also has limits on punitive damanges for tort cases. If the kid just caught a couple pellets with minor injuries, his damages aren't going to be enough to warrant taking the guy's house. That kind of ridiculous lawsuit is what the tort limits were supposed to control. You ought to be able to recover damages. It is not supposed to be a license to destroy someone's life and take all their stuff. And that is assuming you win and full responsibility is put on the shooter.
Also, I am not certain the court can take away the guy's homestede in a court action anyway. The worst you could probably do is put a lien on it. Other assets are likely fair game.
"It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your children are."
Anybody here mature (old) enough to remember this long ago public service announcement on network TV? It was before CATV, cell phones, PC's and computer killing games. *sigh*
Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:53 am
by talltex
Oldgringo wrote:
"It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your children are."
Anybody here mature (old) enough to remember this long ago public service announcement on network TV? It was before CATV, cell phones, PC's and computer killing games. *sigh*
Yep...remember it well, but gotta admit there were a lot of times mine THOUGHT they knew, but were mistaken. However, we probably didn't fool them as often as we thought...by the time my brother and I were in high school, my Dad had an outside stairway built up to our second floor bedroom so we wouldn't wake everyone else up when we tried to slip in late.

Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 2:24 pm
by Tic Tac
TPing a house at night in Texas seems to be saying, however good or bad my life is now, I'd really really like it to be much much worse.

Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:02 pm
by Cedar Park Dad
Tic Tac wrote:TPing a house at night in Texas seems to be saying, however good or bad my life is now, I'd really really like it to be much much worse.

Er...no.

Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:11 pm
by mamabearCali
TP-ing a house is stupid. But non lethal stupid games should win non lethal stupid prizes. Instead of a gun the offended homeowner (or neighbor) should have brought a a normal strength water hose. One good turn deserves another soaked clothes is a fair punishment for TPing a house. It also ruins whatever TP they have left. I bet he wishes he did now. Even if he is released without charges the damage done by the legal system will be extensive.
Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:23 pm
by Dori
mamabearCali wrote:TP-ing a house is stupid. But non lethal stupid games should win non lethal stupid prizes. Instead of a gun the offended homeowner (or neighbor) should have brought a a normal strength water hose. One good turn deserves another soaked clothes is a fair punishment for TPing a house.
Spraying the TP vandals with raw sewage sounds more appropriate.

Re: Teen shot while TP principal's hous
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:59 pm
by Maxwell
RogueUSMC wrote:Maxwell wrote:Teens when I was growing up were more worried about getting shot with rock salt than we were buckshot. Of course back then that was an acceptable form of "property owner inflicted judgement" for being somewhere you shouldn't doing something you shouldn't. The worst part was having to explain it to your own parents which meant double punishment.
Of course I was a good boy and never had to worry about that sort of thing...

lol...make ya leap tall building ins a single bound (barbed wire fences anyway)...been there, done that...
Absolutely no idea what you are talking about.......................................
