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Here we go again. Do as I say, not as I do.

Randy

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> Police: Texas lawmaker shoots would-be thief

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> July 9, 2007 11:52 AM MDT

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> HOUSTON (AP) - A state lawmaker who opposed a bill giving Texans

> stronger right to defend themselves with deadly force pulled a gun and

> shot a man he says was trying to steal copper wiring from a

> construction site, police said Monday.

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> Rep. Borris Miles told police he was fixing a leak on the second floor

> of the Houston house he's building Sunday night when he heard a noise

> downstairs and saw two men trying to steal the copper.

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> After Miles confronted the pair, one of the men threw a pocketknife at

> him, Houston Police spokesman Victor Senties. Miles, a former law

> enforcement officer, shot the man in the left leg, police said.

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> The wounded suspect was being treated at a Houston hospital. Police

> were trying to identify the other suspect. Charges of aggravated

> robbery are pending against the wounded suspect, Senties said.

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> Police said Miles, who is in his freshman term, is licensed to carry a

> concealed weapon. No charges have been filed against Miles, Senties

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> Miles, a Democrat, voted against a bill that gives Texans stronger

> legal right to defend themselves with deadly force in their homes,

> vehicles, and workplaces.

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> The so-called " castle doctrine, " passed by the Legislature this year,

> states that a person has no duty to retreat from an intruder before

> using deadly force.

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> The law goes into effect Sept. 1.

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R. (Randy) Loflin, M.D., FACEP

Associate Professor, Dept. of EM

Medical Director, El Paso EMSS,

Guadalupe Mountains National Park,

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo AED Program,

UTEP PD AED Program