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Old 03-28-2007, 06:58 PM   #1
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/...deadlyforce_dc

Check out this good stuff. I am packing my bags and heading for Dallas!! The part in bold just made me chuckle. To quote a bumper sticker, "Fight crime, Shoot back!"


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By Ed Stoddard
Tue Mar 27, 3:42 PM ET



DALLAS (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.

The reasonable use of lethal force will be allowed if an intruder is:

- Committing certain violent crimes, such as murder or sexual assault, or is attempting to commit such crimes

- Unlawfully trying to enter a protected place

- Unlawfully trying to remove a person from a protected place.

The law also provides civil immunity for a person who lawfully slays an intruder or attacker in such situations.

Texas joins several other states including Florida that have or are considering similar laws.

Sympathy for violent offenders and criminals in general runs low in Texas, underscored by its busy death row. The state leads the United States in executions with 388 since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A conservative political outlook and widespread fondness for hunting also means Texans are a well-armed people capable of defending themselves with deadly force.

It is easy to acquire guns over the counter in Texas and lawful to carry a concealed handgun with a permit.
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Old 03-28-2007, 09:59 PM   #2
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i would hate then to have trigger happy neighbors [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 03-29-2007, 12:05 AM   #3
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LOL, this why Dallas is such a violent-crime-free city.

(For those of you who don't know, it's not. At all. It's usually in the running for most murders in a US city by June. And the thought of the maniacs on Interstate-20 any given day of the week being armed is less than comforting, but I already knew that.)
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Old 03-29-2007, 06:00 AM   #4
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It's just a matter of time until we see those classical gunduels in the streets again to settle a dispute between two people.
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Old 03-29-2007, 12:47 PM   #5
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...reasonable use of deadly force...
We wouldn't want to stoop to unreasonable deadly force.
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Old 03-29-2007, 02:27 PM   #6
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i would hate then to have trigger happy neighbors [img]tongue.gif[/img]
*smiles and hides his pistol* Trigger happy, what do you mean.
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Old 03-29-2007, 05:46 PM   #7
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Good Lord, that's just the publicity we need. People elsewhere already think that every single one of us is "packing"...as well as having longhorns on the front grillwork of our cadillacs while cruising around in 10-gallon hats. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 03-29-2007, 06:21 PM   #8
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I'll stay in Alberta, thanks. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 03-29-2007, 08:01 PM   #9
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Good Lord, that's just the publicity we need. People elsewhere already think that every single one of us is "packing"...as well as having longhorns on the front grillwork of our cadillacs while cruising around in 10-gallon hats. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Not to mention all the time you spent in those all you can eat for a buck 99 buffets.
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Old 03-29-2007, 09:40 PM   #10
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i would hate then to have trigger happy neighbors [img]tongue.gif[/img]
*smiles and hides his pistol* Trigger happy, what do you mean. [/QUOTE]*smiles and hides submachine gun* I dunno ..
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