That car has a simple horn system compared to some. The fuse feeds the relay and the switch in the column simply provides a ground that turns the relay on. The relay then sends power to the horns. To find the problem I would first pull the relay out and install a fuse. If it still fails instantly the issue is probably in the junction block the relay is in on the orange wire that feeds the horn relay. I would suspect the issue is on that side anyway as the relay isolates the other parts of the circuit. If the short was on the control side like the horn switch or the BCM, the relay would be stuck on and because that side goes to ground through the relay it would either cause the horns to stay on all the time or it would burn the coil in the relay to an open circuit and the fuse wouldn't blow. If the relay was bad and the contacts were fused, then the horns would also be on all the time. As you don't say that they are on or that they sound for a while when the fuse is installed it points to it being in the fuse to junction block wiring.
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