zigzag wrote:If ever it s the CHL holder who initiated the knife threat then it will look bad on us .
I'm trying to think, but I can't recall of a CHL-involved homicide that turned out to be a bad shoot.
Would this one (assuming it truly was a bad shoot) be the first one since 1995?
The DPS website used to (I think they still do) link to some demographic type statistics that broke down the criminal prosecutions of CHL holders...I haven't needed to look at that in a few years, but somethig pings in the back of my mind that I did see one licensee in the "murder" column...
Whether that was from a self-defense shooting that was determined to not be a (for lack of a better term) "good" shoot...I don't recall, nor was it elaborated on in that data...
Might be able to find it again...I'll go look...
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This is from 2005, but the links go back a few years on the DPS website...
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I knew there was some interesting facts about this data...Just haven't looked at this data in a while...
Kind of answers the questions regarding what offences have been sucessfully prosecuted...
Not a lot precentage-wise...
But you can certainly tabulate up ALL the data and get a feel for what has been going on over the 10+ years we've had the law...
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The problem with those stats is that we have no idea if a gun was involved (except for carrying where prohibited). Negligent homicide could have been a car wreck. Murder could have been strangling or stabbing.
Even if we knew a CHL shot someone and was convicted of murder, we don't necessarily know that the license was a factor -- it could have taken place at the actor's home or business, where no license is required. Or it could have been with a long gun.
Charles L. Cotton wrote:Ch. 11 TV news just had a short report on this shooting. The Grand Jury "no-billed" the shooter, finding that he shot in self-defense.
Chas.
That is some good news. Least we get some good time in the spot light too.
Hope we get more updates on this tomorrow. I use to live in Houston, and I will tell ya, crime rate have shot up sky high ever since Katrina Victim came into town. This goes for DFW area also.
Charles L. Cotton wrote:Ch. 11 TV news just had a short report on this shooting. The Grand Jury "no-billed" the shooter, finding that he shot in self-defense.
Chas.
+1 for the good guys?
Wow, interesting. Need more detail on what really happen in the bus.
Charles L. Cotton wrote:Ch. 11 TV news just had a short report on this shooting. The Grand Jury "no-billed" the shooter, finding that he shot in self-defense.
Chas.
+1 for the good guys?
Wow, interesting. Need more detail on what really happen in the bus.
Yeah. How would one get a hold of a transcript of the hearing? I'm sure it would make an interesting read.
stroo wrote:News reports must not have been accurate then. The guy he shot must have done more than was reported.
seems (as usual) they didn't have or give all the facts at the time. The report I saw yesterday said the man killed had a history of violence including assault, & assault w/ deadly a weapon. Record even included 2 previous assaults on a Metro bus.
The media sure is creative. Apparently they can manufacture a story if they don't have one.
Yea for the goodguys!
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