TexasCHLforum.com

Qui s'excuse s'accuse.

- Jim

Am I the only one who thinks this "Google is your friend" stuff is not helpful?

You can find pretty much any kind of bogus information online. There are people who think the moon landings were faked and the earth is flat. How about telling the newbie to apply for a library card?

When someone comes to this forum asking a question, they want to (1) find information specific to Texas in the current legal environment and (2) evaluate the credibility of the person giving the response.

- Jim

I tried to catalog some of these incidents a few years ago: http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13128" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The bottom line is that people with a CHL defending themselves are rare, and resulting prosecutions are even more rare. The situations that result in prosecution always involve assailants who are not armed with a firearm or knife.

That is not to say that deadly attacks cannot be committed with bare hands, feet, sticks, rocks, etc.—of course they can. But a hostile prosecutor can make a case to a grand jury that deadly force was not appropriate in such a scenario.

Most self-defense cases are robberies of businesses or home invasions. In those cases, the police, prosecutors, and juries usually exhibit common sense.

Here are a few more threads:
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7728" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=21260" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim