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To: Delhi Rebels
Under the Texas law? Pretty much. She had no obligation to retreat and was justified in using any force she thought necessary against someone she believed was trying to illegally enter her house, car, or workplace.

Wrong.

Under Texas Law after a car accident, the operator is required to:

Section 550.023:

The operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the injury or death of a person or damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by a person shall:

(1) give the operator’s name and address, the registration number of the vehicle the operator was driving, and the name of the operator’s motor vehicle liability insurer to any person injured or the operator or occupant of or person attending a vehicle involved in the collision;

(2) if requested and available, show the operator’s driver’s license to a person described by Subdivision (1); and

(3) provide any person injured in the accident reasonable assistance, including transporting or making arrangements for transporting the person to a physician or hospital for medical treatment if it is apparent that treatment is necessary, or if the injured person requests the transportation.

Nowhere does it say that you get to shoot the other person in an accident who is requesting your insurance information that you are required by law to present.

106 posted on 09/21/2012 9:12:13 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip
Nowhere does it say that you get to shoot the other person in an accident who is requesting your insurance information that you are required by law to present.

Wrong law. The one you need to reference is the 'Stand Your Ground' law, AKA SB 378: "An act relating to the use of force or deadly force in defense of a person.". Specifically the part where it says "...The actor's belief...that the deadly force was immediately necessary...is presumed to be reasonable if the actor knew or had reason to believe that the person against whom the deadly force was used: (1) unlawfully entered, or was attempting to enter unlawfully, the actor's habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment..."

109 posted on 09/21/2012 9:21:00 AM PDT by Delhi Rebels (There was a row in Silver Street - the regiments was out.)
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To: Uncle Chip

She pulled over ~ he pulled over ~ but it may not have been an accident. We just don’t know. With no accident none of that matters anyway ~ besides, now that there’s a dead guy, none of it matters because he cannot be interviewed.


116 posted on 09/21/2012 9:38:09 AM PDT by muawiyah
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