Re: Homeinvasion, shoot to kill?

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From: Eric Williams
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:00

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Dan Day wrote:

> Second, in most states, and in Texas ESPECIALLY, there's absolutely
> no distinction between "in home" and "out of home" self defense acts.
> In Texas law, there's not a word in the penal code making shootings
> in your home any different from shootings outside your home.  The
> law doesn't give a damn if the criminal is in your house or not.
> You either had the right to shoot him, or you didn't, wherever you
> might have been at the time.  Location is no consideration in
> Texas deadly force laws.

Just to clarify, in California the justification for the use of deadly
force is exactly the same inside the home as it is outside.  What
changes is who has the burden of proof to show justification or lack
thereof: the defender or the state.

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