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KBCraig wrote:

txinvestigator wrote:Where do some of ya'll get that "fear of your life" stuff?

Years of conditioning and gunshop lore that predates the CHL law. While "fear of (my) life" isn't required, such fear does support a reasonable person's belief that deadly force is reasonably required to prevent... blah blah blah.

Not necessarily. If Big JOE, the baddest person in the neighborhood who has a record for agg assault, murder, etc., tells you he is going to kill you tomorrow, you could reasonably be in "fear of your life", but you would not be justified in using deadly force at that moment. Mere fear is not sufficient.


"when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly
force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly force," blah, blah.

Lucky45 wrote:I don't know why I post in this site because I can never take a real life incident (NOT FICTION) and try to have a discussion and analyze it from a CHL holder's perspective.

Thanks for the comments Jim, KD and everyone else.

txinvestigator wrote:
Where do some of ya'll get that "fear of your life" stuff?

I guess you chose number 2. Sitting in a bus with gun shots going off would not even be fazed or look around. Just looking for your stop.

You guess wrong. In fact, why would you assume my preference from asking the question I asked. I gave no reference as to what I would do or not do.

NO LAW justifies deadly force if " you are in fear of your life", nor can you arrest a person (holding them at gunpoint) because they "might" do something.



Any response should be made based on what you know to be true, not speculation.

Where do some of ya'll get that "fear of your life" stuff?