frankie_the_yankee wrote:Your points are well taken.
The problem is that I think it is gong to be a while before we get some precedents. This is because the bar for winning this type of lawsuit has been raised to a point where such suits have become very difficult to win. For that reason, when a plaintiff approaches an attorney seeking to file a suit on a contingent fee basis, (the way most such suits are "funded") in many cases the attorney will judge that his chances of winning are too small to make it worthwhile to go forward.badkarma56 wrote: I'd like nothing better than to feel completely protected by the state against civil suits in self defense encounters, but somehow, I just don't trust this protection quite yet. I guess I'm just paranoid, or maybe I've just become jaded by my experiences. Anyhow, some cynicism is warranted until we get some case precedents concerning this issue.
So the suit won't get filed to begin with in many cases.
Given that such suits were rare in TX to begin with, and that they will be even rarer now, I think we will be waiting a long time to see what kind of case law develops.
But from the good guy's perspective, that's a good thing.
Thats comforting to hear actually.
So basically if a punk tries to rob me at gunpoint for my fiance's purse. I shoot him. His mommy and daddy will pretty much have a hard time finding a lawyer who will even go through with the case?
Talking Civil court here of course.