New Self Defense Law in Texas

There is not much to say other than I am proud of our State which recognizes ones right to defend yourself, your family or any other person who is in imminent fear of serious bodily injury or death.

Be it in your home, your vehicle or workplace you have the right to defend yourself without retreating.

Texas Rick Perry signed the new addendum to our existing Texas law giving Texans the right to defend yourself. 

We have a great state…by the way we have lots of room for new transplanted Texans.

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.

Please do not think that we here in Texas are slap happy and ready for a gunfight.  We are not, but I promise this to anyone who wants to challenge my families right to be safe in our own home, vehicle or work place……”We will defend ourselves with “VIGOR”.

We all have the right to live and go where we please without fear of being
a victim of a “KNOCKOUT GAME”. What you will learn is most Texans will retaliate..

There will be ones on the left who would rather retreat and run and hide from the bad guys.. that’s your choice..