Quote Originally Posted by 2600
Careful, they have to actually break in, or be leaving with your property with no reasonable chance of recovery for you to use lethal force (unless of course they pose a threat to your safety, like if he saw you and started running at you w.the crowbar).

It might hold up in court, the odds would be in your favor, but I wouldn't risk picking off a kid from the OUTSIDE, that is just attempting to break in, even in TX. (more research is in order here, because it's an interesting situation. If you enter your home, and someone has already broke in, they are game for sure, but this is a grey area I think).
not in florida,, they passed a new gun law