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seamusTX wrote: As for civil suits by the decedant's survivors, I somehow doubt a guy who rides the bus has a lot of assets, especially after paying the defense attorney.



- Jim

I think I read in this thread earlier that the guy had a public defendant. In other words he didn't have a enough money even for a lawyer.

I have a theory about this and Its only a theory:

The dead guy had a record of assault with a deadly weapon.

The reporters were not there. Its obvious the witnesses were pretty confused because of all the conflicting facts.

The CHL holder wasn't talking to the press:

The grand jury heard witnesses claim that that the defendant acted in self defense.

Could it be one of the witnesses when talking to the press was a little confused about who really had the knife?

Its the only thing that makes sense to me.

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.

I think mostly it comes from media reporting of police shooting. On almost every shooting in Texas or otherwise the officer is sure to make clear when he is describing the incident that he was in fear for his life.