https://guides.sll.texas.gov/gun-laws/stand-your-ground

links to https://www.uslawshield.com/defend-property-texas/

> Texas law allows you to use deadly force to protect property if you would be justified in using force, and you reasonably believe it is immediately necessary to prevent the imminent commission of specific enumerated property crimes. These are arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime.

I'd think that'd qualify.

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/?tab=1&code=PE&chapter=PE...

> Sec. 9.42. DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY. A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:

> (1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41; and

> (2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:

> (A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or (B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and

> (3) he reasonably believes that:

> (A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or (B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.

I would love to live in a world where thieves feared for their lives.

My comment may sound cliché, but I genuinely believe this, no material possession is worth more than a human life. A catalytic converter can be replaced, a life cannot.

You can use force in Texas to stop property crime.

Fire away, I guess.