Refer to this thread http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... php?t=1262 for a good discussion on this topic.WaltherP99 wrote:Hello all, I was reviewing the Texas Hand Gun laws and found this. I have paste it below. My question is when I was in class the instructor told us not to pull our weapon unless we were going to use it. Because if someone else saw you pull your weapon and called a Leo that you could get arrested for flashing a firearm. But in this case the law seems to say you can to deter the criminal and not have to use deadly force.
In summary it says you can only threaten deadly force (drawing or showing your firearm) if you would be justified in using deadly force.