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by Hoi Polloi
Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:16 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: question from a felon
Replies: 17
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Re: question from a felon

I think what you're asking about is the legal issue of justification.

TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY CHAPTER 9. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Here's one small section of the chapter:
Sec. 9.22. NECESSITY. Conduct is justified if:
(1) the actor reasonably believes the conduct is immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm;
(2) the desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly outweigh, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness, the harm sought to be prevented by the law proscribing the conduct; and
(3) a legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed for the conduct does not otherwise plainly appear.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
What you'd need to know is if knowingly giving a felon (a)a firearm or (b)access to one in a situation (c)potentially or (d)imminently threatening (e)life or (f)property is specifically excluded from justification under (g)state or (h)federal law. That's a lot of variables to look in to.

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