RossA wrote:Yep, believe it or not, Texas was a "retreat" state until about ten years ago. Didn't have to retreat inside of your home, but anywhere else it was a requirement if you could safely do so.
Yes that was a point driven into me while in the police academy. The use of deadly force for self defense had to "prove" that they had no way out first. In fact the first known Texas CHL shooting occurred when a man chased someone in his vehicle, got out after the pursuee was stopped by traffic, and began punching him. The CHL holder had to show that he had done everything he could to "retreat" before he put two rounds center mass. He was no-billed.