Weapons Violations Attorney in Houston, Texas

When can a person use a firearm in self-defense?

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In Texas you can use deadly force to defend yourself when you are reasonably sure that you are being faced with imminent death or serious bodily injury. So if someone is coming towards you holding a gun, holding a knife, if they’ve broken into your home and are threatening you then you would be able to use a firearm in self defense in Texas. And I always caution people that this is a defense that you get to use in a courtroom. So it’s not a part of prosecution and it’s not a part of being arrested. So you could use 100 percent justified self-defense, end up getting arrested, and have to go to court and defend yourself.

Houston, TX criminal defense attorney Leslie Rebescher explains when a person can use a firearm in self-defense?

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