TexasGunTeacher

Veteran, Protector, Trainer.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@03MarineGrunt +1 here - see ya in the threads!

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@MachinistLawyer I like you commenting on my posts, THANKS! Good council

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

Fun scenario to play with today: Tuesday, 2:30 PM. You're working from home in Round Rock when your doorbell camera shows a man grabbing the package off your porch and walking toward a car at the curb. It's a $300 order. You're armed and could reach the front door in seconds. Is this a lawful AND moral time for a gun, or does it call for a lesser option like staying inside, getting the license plate on video, and calling 911?

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@Ravensfell @Sytennison Yea, I have military tags and am thinking next renewal, I'll drop those. Stealth is nice.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

Quick weekend reading for my Texas gun folks. Some folks choose to carry everywhere and that's a choice. Others may be more rule followers. For those, here's a quick reference. Know which ones apply to you - there is a felony or two hiding in these signs for armed civilians.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@PrimeBeef45 @MachinistLawyer Careful; that's not, in itself, enough to justify lethal force in accordance with Texas PC 9.32 - posted below...

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

Yea, as the actual Lawyer shares - your response must be reasonable and that can be nuanced beyond just crossing the threshold (although that is surely a factor). There are actually several factors that must exist and a grand jury will still have to decide if that was reasonable: Read carefully:

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@Sytennison @Ravensfell Especially with the "I've got a free Glock in my console" stickers. Avoid those..

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

Chris is spot on. For all of us that carry a weapon daily for work and/or personal/family security. Know the laws, know your local prosecutorial tendencies and position yourself for what comes afterward, even if you "do it right". You can't prevent what happened to Sgt. Perry, but you can do everything you can to position yourself as the "good guy" should the government decide they are coming after you. There are, in Texas and in most states, protections against civil liability for defense (despite what the handgun insurance folks say) but having educated yourselves and knowing of a good defense attorney is super helpful. Some of the new programs for legal coverage are comforting as that is, aside from losing one's job, the biggest expenses, again, even if you do it all right. Voting well helps for the future of this problem but here we are for now...

[Chris Harris @chrisharris904]

If three years of following the Daniel Perry trials taught anything, it’s this:
Use deadly force and your life is permanently altered. Guilty or innocent, justified or not, the act itself rewrites everything that comes after, for you and everyone else involved.
Obviously do what you have to, to protect yourself. But understand, it is no small act.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

Of course. A family plan, a layered defensive strategy that both discourages, delays, alerts and attacks. From neighbor awareness, exterior design, lighting, intelligent video alerts/alarms both internal and external, physical barriers, anti-kick doors/locks - primary and secondary, security glass films, dogs, kids with a place to be, spouse with a role and you, the defender usually hard pointed and armed. Avoiding "hunting" bad guys if you can but ready and able if the kids are in another part of the home. E-911 pre-notified of your family members and dogs, etc.. Also, lock your darned doors.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

Confession time. I have a gun in a biometric box by my bed. I have kids so, that's necessary. It is time to get a new one. This one, designed by a "tactical genius" requires me to lick my fingertip or the sensor won't work, then it BEEP!, KluChunk! as it springs open. Not stealthy at all. What is the newer alternative that is quick and quiet? Single full size w/RDS and WML pistol sized.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@CJGRISHAM Good analysis. Think a lot of people disregard the local "inconsequential" elections but understand that is where Soros types found they could get bang for the buck. Wren Collective is a good example of the mechanism.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@SwengATX @GhostoftheShire Nice - yea, it is a lawful form if ID in Texas so yea, would be fun to use that way!

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@Ravensfell @Sytennison The good news is even if it is in the lease, it is unenforceable but I could see aggressively anti-gun property owners keeping it in there just in case.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@Belowavgutdad Right? Fortunately, at least in classes, it's hypothetical, well, until it's not.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@Belowavgutdad Just got to episode 7 - yea, good stuff. Hard stuff but good.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@bmitori You probably already did this but this is Gemini's advice which sounds credible.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@CenTexLakeRat Oh, I like the idea of that. Will check into it.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@bmitori Is there any modern new cream or is still calamine lotion and ride it out?

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@bmitori Blade...

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@bmitori Awww man... that sucks... The ones on the blad of your hand look harsh...

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@turkhafiza2 Today it would be two $85 mini drones with an HE load.

[TexasGunTeacher @PracticalCarry]

@Docquistador Diesel, break-free, Kroil.... whatevs.