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- Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: What could I have done if this situation went south?
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Re: What could I have done if this situation went south?
The flaw in all y'all's plans is the cell phone. There are an awful lot of no-coverage areas where I live. I suppose what I would do is to walk until I had coverage, or found some sort of "friendly" lit-up place if my phone were dead e.g. battery.
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: What could I have done if this situation went south?
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Re: What could I have done if this situation went south?
I was skimming this thread thinking how to respond when poppo nailed it (again! I like this guy!).poppo wrote:So let me get this straight. The poster trespasses at night, and if Farmer Bob draws on the trespasser he is committing a felony?Cedar Park Dad wrote: Legally he is fully justified to defend himself. He has made no criminal action whatsover. Farmer Bob coming out and drawing on the poster would have been the one committing a felony, not him.
As someone who lives way out in the sticks, anyone parking in my driveway and approaching my house late at night is going to be greeted with me armed. They may have a valid reason for being there (i.e. hitting a deer or hog or what ever), but just like Farmer Bob, I am going to be extremely cautious and suspicious until their story is verified. Someone just "claiming" they are having car trouble from a distance is not going to cut it.
As others have noted, response time for the sheriff dept can be rather lengthy. I'm not going to just sit inside waiting to see what one or more individuals may be up to.
And as for the OP, unless I was somehow stranded in a no-coverage cell area, I wouldn't even consider approaching a dark house in the dead-of-night. And if I *did* consider it, hopefully I would be alert enough to remember that movie (wasn't Leatherface living just outside of Lockhart?).
