Vigilantism or Protectors of Peace?

[BjornF16]

What's Texas' law on use of deadly force to protect property? In Oregon, it's illegal.

Depends...at night, and your property = legal ("Night Criminal Mischief").

What these guys allegedly intended (i.e. protecting business property where they weren't the owner)...I don't think would have met that standard.

However, my original point was more along the lines of "an armed society is a polite society"...their presence MAY have had a calming effect (or maybe not).