Now A Man Truly Has The Right To Defend His Castle In Texas
Having become truly cynical with regards to my expectations concerning our elected leaders actually really doing something that is good for we mere peasants, I’m always pleasantly surprised when one of them does. And this is one case that pleases me greatly.
Last Tuesday Texas Governor Rick Perry signed a bill into law that gives Texans the right to defend themselves with deadly force in a life threatening situation. The law prior to this often required a person to retreat when attacked until retreat was no longer feasible before he or she could react with at least the same amount of force they were threatened with.
Not any more.
Starting September 1, 2007, the “castle law” as it is euphemistically called because it gives a man the absolute right to defend his castle from aggression, becomes a right that has somehow been overlooked. It also applies to their workplaces and their cars and as far as I know, if they’re just walking down the street and the need for self defense arises.
Fifteen other states already have a similar law, but here is what makes this one special:
If you defend yourself or your family in good faith and it is determined by investigating authorities that there was no criminal wrong-doing, you will be immune from lawsuit. That’s right. Read that again.
What that means is simply this: If some slimy weasel comes into your home at night and he happens to get shot in the process he (or any of the surviving weasels in his litter) cannot come back and sue you after the fact. Police can still charge you if it is shown that you acted with criminal intent but if it is a case of self defense and a grand jury agrees that it was, then the weasel is paid for. Stuff him and mount him. The same thing with a business owner. Horror stories abound about business owners who met an armed robber with their own handgun only to be sued later because said weasel got hurt while trying to take what somebody else worked for. This piece of common sense legislation will help that, too.
I’m sure there will be howls of righteous indignation from the liberal left on this. Know what? Tough. The bill is signed. Get over it. Scream and holler, tell us all about the evils of guns and how they should all be melted down into peace symbols. Fall down and flop like a fish in protest. I don’t care. You can do all that. Just don’t rob anybody in Texas. Bad idea, now.
I’ve always agreed with the old expression that I would rather be tried by twelve than carried by six. Regardless of what state I have ever resided in, if someone had entered my house with bad intent I would do my very best to see to it that they leave in much poorer health than they entered with. I’m sure many Texans agree with me. This will now protect those who TRULY deserve the protection of the law, and not the rights of criminal weasels who take what is yours, hurt you and your family, then sue you if you fight back.
I should add that I’m not a wild-eyed gun waver. I am, however, a person who believes that the right to defend himself and his family is an absolute, and that the Second Amendment means exactly what it says despite the eternal attempts of some to distort it.
I don’t live in Texas but my hat is off to Governor Perry. Maybe some other of our politicians will take note of this and do the right thing.
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