[CHICAGOFARMER]

Agreed - remember the hockey-dad fatality. Had hockey fight VIC been packing, and shot his eventual murderer, he would have likely been sent to the graybar hotel for an extended stay. Many issues did not come out the the public the victim was had a long criminal record including assault.

You bring up an interesting point. The exception.

For every good principle their is an exception.

When it comes to life and death, never take a knife to a gunfight. Or perhaps the first branishment the fight would have never started. Remember, Citizens who carry represent themselves seven times less likely to be involved in all types of crimes.

Here are the actual figures for TEXAS CCW. You are safer standing next to a CCW carrier that the average citizen in the United States.


http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/news/706458/posts

Decline of the Violence Policy Center

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[TheGrimReaper]

A note about ammunition:
Many Texas CCP instructors advise that "soft-point" or hollow-point shells be kept in your weapon, especially for home defense/protection.
If you use a solid projectile, it has the potential to pass through an intruder and do some damage/injury to a neighbor or passer-by. Judges and juries just may be screwy enough to find you liable for such collateral damage, even though your original decision to use lethal force was completely justified.
As goofy as it may seem, I have only hollow-point ammo for all my firearms.
TGR, TX CCP