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It seems that the consensus is not to say much of anything other than that you felt threatened or where about to be murdered and then talk to a lawyer. I tend to agree with that.

One of my friends was raided one time for selling drugs (hey, we were young). The police had him in handcuffs and read him his rights and started asking questions. He told them that he would not answer a question without his attorney present. After all was said and done, he only spent one night in jail for a felony charge. Did he deserve to do time? Probably, but saying and doing the right things at that time kept him out of prison. He doesn't do anything like that anymore, but he certainly can't get a CHL or even buy a gun as a result.

Rex B wrote: What I'm wondering is what happens when you call that number at 2 AM with a corpse on the floor.

HAHAHA!!! Thanks for the laugh man.

Some lawyers answer their phone 24/7, but most don't. At that point I'd be more worried about who was going to clean up all the blood off of my floor.

pbandjelly wrote:not to mention a cigarette or four!
I smoked half a pack talkin' to the Dallas PoPo one night!

I have also done this. It was last year when my Salvadorian next door neighbors threatened to kill me for calling the cops all the time on their extremely loud tejano music. Funny thing is I had quit smoking a week before, but at that point of stress...oh well.

One of my CHL class teachers is a current LEO. This discussion came up of course about what you do if you have to shoot someone in self defense. He was saying that you'd be better off telling the police what happened than tell them "I'd rather have my attorney present."

Personally...I dunno. I'd much rather be in the presence of my lawyer if I was answering ANY questions. He was saying from a cop's perspective that it looks really questionable if you say you want your lawyer there. I'm not worried about the police at that point...I'm worried about the court. I do understand his point and if it was inside of my house I would probably tell them exactly what happened. If it was a situation on a sidewalk where I was being held up for my wallet by gang bangers, I'd have to deal with that at the time because I don't know what route I would take.

I would imagine that most people that shoot someone in self defense probably tell the cops exactly what happened and are still no billed. If it's a clear cut case and you make sure to tell the police that you "were in fear of your life" and that really was the case...then you're probably fine. I don't have my lawyer's number on speed dial, but it probably isn't a bad idea. After personally being arrested though...you'd better memorize it. You probably won't have access to your cell phone.