Posted on 05/27/2005 7:17:31 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
In Texas you can shoot someone through your front door if you feel threatened. You can shoot someone that you think is stealing your NEIGHBOR'S property.
Don't mess with Texa(n)s.
Here is a link to Texas' penal code about this.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/cqcgi?CQ_SESSION_KEY=WZZQEDMGVUCW&CQ_QUERY_HANDLE=124126&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=16&CQ_TLO_DOC_TEXT=YES
My experience is that Texas grand juries can be very understanding.
I wondered about that. I know TX has outstanding gun rights laws, but this is beyond what seemed legal. IF this kind of shooting is OK, then look for lots more shootouts, in the name of robbery. Whether it is on not. All people need to do is shoot someone and say they were trying to rob them. Drug deals gone bad, etc.
No need to wonder about it. Read the actual statute in Chapter 9 of the Penal Code, linked in a post up a couple. Read especially sections 9.42 and 9.43. Deadly force is authorized even to protect a third person's property. No threat is necessary or even mentioned.
We don't cotton to thieves 'round these parts.
How do you figure? Looks like he is pretty well covered by sec. 9.42 and 9.43 of the Penal Code. Did you ever read it?
Here in Lampasas County he wouldn't be billed. More likely the Grand Jury would buy him a beer.
Not if I'm on the jury.
There's that new Hornady TAP stuff. Think I will give it a shot. Pun intended.
What are the chances he grabbed a bottle of cheap-o vodka in a plastic container? LOL!
Lots of complaints about the ammo. Doesn't matter much with a knee hit. Most .38 should've blown right through the leg, but you can never know for sure.
Maybe he used wadcutters or something, but who knows.. Not enough info here.
I think the clerk will get nailed, especially since the suspect was fleeing and was no longer a danger to the clerk at that moment in time, maybe in Tx will be different.
The fact that he did the robbery and put someone in harm should be enough.
It is different in Texas. He can chase the bad guy as long as he keeps him in sight.
Most states, the ones that let citizens have guns, as soon as the perp turns to leave you can't do anything more.
That strategy would be a very risky one to try to carry out. It would be best if the shooter had corroborating eyewitness testimony to the shooting from an individual or individuals not associated with him.
See post #25. It seems as though it's perfectly legal in Texas. LOL
Depends on a lot o things. I hold a Texas CCL, and there are a lot of variables. What the guy really has to worry about it is what was up range when he fired at the guy.
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