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08thunders wrote:If out of state examples count, Bernie Goetz was judged not guilty in the shooting but served time for having a gun.

I think any legal process that occurs in New York or similar states is entirely irrelevant to Texas.

BTW, Mr. Goetz was also bankrupted by losing a civil suit that was about as political as one can get. You have to put all this in the context of 1984, when a lot of people still felt that these poor, misunderstood "yutes" had been the victims of a vicious vigilante. Attitudes have changed quite a bit, even in New York.

- Jim

I don't know of a civil lawsuit over a justifiable self-defense incident in Texas, ever.

However, I refer you to the case of Harold Fish, who spent three years in prison after being found guilty of homicide. Some factors in his trial included the caliber of his handgun (10 mm) and the fact that he went to the range more often than the prosecutor thought was appropriate for a "civilian."

If Mr. Fish had carried pepper spray, we probably would never have heard of him.

- Jim