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apostate wrote:

seamusTX wrote:Using a weapon against someone who is beating you with fists is very dicey. Three CHL holders that I am aware of were charged with murder for shooting unarmed people who were beating them. None was convicted, but that's small comfort when the bill from the lawyer arrives.

Perhaps their hospital bills would have been even greater, had they not defended themselves.

I am not interested in playing word games or head games.

The fact is that Texas DAs are far more likely to prosecute shooting an unarmed attacker than an armed attacker. They are more likely to do so in Travis, Harris, and Dallas counties, according to the slim statistics.

Gordon Hale had the privilege of paying his legal and medical bills. The last I read, some ten years ago, he had permanent damage to his vision.

- Jim

Using a weapon against someone who is beating you with fists is very dicey. Three CHL holders that I am aware of were charged with murder for shooting unarmed people who were beating them. None was convicted, but that's small comfort when the bill from the lawyer arrives.

IMHO, it has to be a situation with a great disparity of force, either multiple attackers or a large, strong attacker going against a small, elderly, or disabled person.

This is one reason to carry pepper spray.

- Jim

To the best of my knowledge and the collective wisdom of the forum, the castle doctrine law that took effect last year has not been tested. It will probably be a long time before it is.

Criminals or their survivors rarely sue defenders in Texas, and rarely win when they do.

- Jim