Posted on 09/22/2005 3:11:48 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
The Self Defense Laws Of Texas
The Texas Constitution Article 1 - BILL OF RIGHTS Section 23 - RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
Deadly Force in Defense of Person
"A person is justified in using deadly force against another if he would be justified in using force under Section 9.31 of the statute when and to the degree he reasonable believes that deadly force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly force, if a reasonable person in the same situation would have not retreated. The use of deadly force is also justified to prevent the other's imminent commission of aggravated kidnapping, murder, rape or robbery."
Defense of Another Person
"A person is justified in using deadly force against an attacker to protect another person if he would be justified to use it to protect himself against an unlawful attack and he reasonably believes his intervention is immediately necessary to protect the other person from serious injury or death."
Deadly Force to Protect Property
"A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect his property to the degree he reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, theft during the nighttime or criminal mischief during the nighttime, and he reasonably believes that the property cannot be protected by any other means."
"A person is justified in using deadly force against another to pervent the other who is fleeing after committing burglary, robbery, or theft during the nighttime, from escaping with the property and he reasonable believes that the property cannot be recovered by any other means; or, the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the property would expose him or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury. (Nighttime is defined as the period 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise.)"
Protection of the Property of Others
"A person is justified in using force or deadly force against another to protect the property of a third person if he reasonably believes he would be justified to use similar force to protect his own property, and he reasonably believes that there existed an attempt or actual commission of the crime of theft or criminal mischief."
"Also, a person is justified in using force or deadly force if he reasonably believes that the third person has requested his protection of property; or he has a legal duty to protect the property; or the third person whose property he is protecting is his spouse, parent or child."
Reasonable Belief
"It is not necessary that there should be actual danger, as a person has the right to defend his life and person from apparent danger as fully and to the same extent as he would have were the danger real, as it reasonably appeared to him from his standpoint at the time."
"In fact, Sec 9.31(a) [of the Penal Code] expressly provides that a person is justified in using deadly force against another when and to the degree he reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary."
I think a few of us took that from the title of the thread.
Inside the door is a large trash can with a 12 ga, 22 rifle, and a 9mm handgun. The rest of the weapons are in the back bedroom.
I think you have to look at the people. Katrina-in-New Orleans may have thrown up a misleading picture of Americans. As we may see in the months ahead, not all of us are inclined to loot, rape, and murder as soon as the lights go out.
With the storm heading a bit farther east, the refineries may be OK. But it's current track takes it right over the densest concentration and biggest distance (from the coast) of oil rigs and platforms in the Gulf. Not good. But the supply restriction should be fairly temporary, unless a large number of rigs/platforms are very badly damaged.
Retribution is vigilantism, but defending and protecting you and yours, including property, is not retribution. Hunting the SOB down the next day, week or month, and shooting him, that would be retribution. Better to kill or at least severely wound him in defense, it will make the police's job of bringing him to justice so much easier, especially if he's dead.
I believe the thread mentioned the word looting in the heading and the words burglary or robbery" in at least 5 different places in the article. One could assume that looting would fall somewhere under the heading of burglary or robbery.
The season on 'undocumented consumers' in Texas never closes and their is no bag limit.
Those are not provision of Art. 1 section 23 of the Texas Constitution, They are part of the Penal code, that is statute law. Article 1, Section 23 reads:
Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.
The quotes are from Chapter 9 of the Texas Penal Code
God Bless and Keep Texas (and my family members waiting out the storm)
Not true at all. It's only in about the last decade or two that Texas was governed by Republicans. George Bush's predecessor as Texas governor was (Queen) Anne Richards, a Dem. Of course most of them were Southern Democrats, not that northern variety, or the Huey Long branch of the Dim Party.
Many of the cities. Dallas and San Antonio that I'm sure about, are run by Democrats.
Blacks are not stacked, herded, concentrated in poverty enclaves as happeneed in Louisiana.
Been to south Dallas or near east Austin lately? However while there are "projects" in Texas Cities, they aren't as widespread nor as individually huge, as in New Orleans. There are, and have been, many smaller "projects" in the smaller towns.
Mostly folks here know better and behave better.
Some of us stay behind to help 'em along.
Why not? Houston has some of the highest crime percentages in the country.
9th ward 5TH ward samo samo.
GOD BLESS TEXAS! I lived there for a year recently and just LOVED IT!! I want to move back just as soon as I can! I have to say that the people there are very christian, moral, self suficient and kind hearted but they don't take any shit! they are what is left of the american spirit in this country! LETS ALL PAY ATTENTION AND SEE HOW ITS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE!
I stocked up on hollow point ammo last night...just in case.
undocumented consumers lol, I'm going to have to remember that one.
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