Texas signs new self-defense by gun law | Politics | Reuters: "Criminals in Texas beware: if you threaten someone in their car or office, the citizens of this state where guns are ubiquitous have the right to shoot you dead.
Governor Rick Perry's office said on Tuesday that he had signed a new law that expands Texans' existing right to use deadly force to defend themselves 'without retreat' in their homes, cars and workplaces.
'The right to defend oneself from an imminent act of harm should not only be clearly defined in Texas law, but is intuitive to human nature,' Perry said on his Web site.
The new law, which takes affect on September 1, extends an exception to a statute that required a person to retreat in the face of a criminal attack. The exception was in the case of an intruder unlawfully entering a person's home.
The law extends a person's right to stand their ground beyond the home to vehicles and workplaces, allowing the reasonable use of deadly force, the governor's office said."
4 comments:
Damn, I ought to move to Texas.
...and that sums up the main reason why I'll never establish residency in Texas.
Now if they'd only change the law so that self-defense meant that you could shoot anyone who you even vaguely think is threatening you, they might have something (didn't they do that in Florida).
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