9.41. (a) A person . . . is justified in using force against another . . . to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on the [person's] land or unlawful interference with the [person's] property.

(b) A person unlawfully dispossessed . . . by another is justified in using force against the other . . . to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to reenter the land or recover the property if the actor uses the force immediately or in fresh pursuit after the dispossession . . . .

9.42. [Deadly force may be used in the above situations] . . . to the degree [the actor] 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) [the actor] 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.

People can also use deadly force to protect others' property under similar circumstances, if they reasonably believe the target committed or is committing theft or attempted theft (9.43).

Again, I might advise Texans not to take advantage of their legal rights under these sections in some situations. But I would surely advise all Texans to remember that Texas property owners have those rights, and many have the reputation of being willing to use them.

'We've always had traffic,' he said on a recent evening on his ranch, located near the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. He had just closed up his clinic for the night, but was still in his scrubs. Vickers put on his cowboy hat and nursed a cold beer.

'Initially, it was the old Mexican peasant. The past five years, it's just been hordes of people, huge groups of 100 to 150.'

'There's a violent segment coming across.'

Vickers said illegal immigration is hidden even to those living just miles north of the Rio Grande.

People are stealing farm equipment and plowing down fences, letting loose cattle and littering the Valley, he said.

In fact, Vickers says, some times up to seven to nine times a night, his cattle meander onto U.S. Highway 281 because an illegal immigrant cut his fence. He now has 7.5 miles of his fence electrified, but 'powered down so it won't kill em.'

'People of the Valley are not exposed to the reality of the situation. They don't know the magnitude of the problem,' he said.

And it's not just property destruction that worries Vickers.

'Three days after the (presidential) inauguration...I was fixing a hole in my fence. I found dinars,' he said of the Sudanese currency. 'Sudan is an Arab terrorist state.

'The terrorist threat is incredible,' he said. 'We're demanding change.'

Armed, six-legged robots may one day work alongside man's best friend on the southern side of the Korean DMZ.

South Korea will spend 33.4 billion won over the next five years to develop the robots for the heavily fortified demilitarised zone that divides the peninsula, the Communications Ministry said in a statement Friday.

South Korea envisages the robots performing roles on the battlefield now done by dogs, such as sniffing for explosives and catching intruders, the ministry said.

The robots will stand knee-high to the average adult, mounted on wheels for road missions or on as many as eight legs to get them over uneven terrain, it said. Equipped with firearms, they will be able to carry out combat missions via remote control.