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John R. Fuller wrote:Wouln't one try to get away from any type of deadly situation if it is at all possible?

Take for instance; you are in a car stopped in traffic and some attempts a carjacking. YOu noticed when you stopped that the shoulder is open before the car jacker. In my opinion, I would attempt to use the open lane to avoid a confrontation.

TX Rancher wrote:I too do my very best to approach any question with common sense, but when it comes to understanding the (at least for me) often peculiar wording of the law, i.e., "with force" I am often stumped.

Art. 3.01. [48] [58-59] WORDS AND PHRASES. All words, phrases and terms used in this Code are to be taken and understood in their usual acceptation in common language, except where specially defined.

violence: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

stevie_d_64 wrote:But seeings how we are also concerned about "perceptions" thast others have about this community, sometimes the words we use, even though they are accurate and describe a situation enough for some...There are always others that will take what you say and spin it negatively against you...