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Laws regarding use of knife in self defense situations. (Texas)
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You would have to look at the actual code, but a quick summary would be that Texas is a Castle Property state. This would cover home, car and business and I don't believe there is a duty to retreat first. Fear for life for yourself or other persons, lethal force response is a given. Can't say weapons are even mentioned in the code, but you'll have to check. Not sure if you can claim defense of loss of property, don't remember. As for areas outside of Castle Property, I cannot remember, it's been a long time since I lived there, but I would imagine it's similar except duty to retreat may come first.
I lived in Houston and Dallas suburbs for 4 years each and can't remember any home invasion type of crimes, mostly property crime at the malls or other high traffic areas. I recommend get your Concealed Carry License (or CCW whatever they call it) and you can carry just about anything you can conceal and buy just about any weapons you want (delivery times vary....i.e. NFA).
I lived in Houston and Dallas suburbs for 4 years each and can't remember any home invasion type of crimes, mostly property crime at the malls or other high traffic areas. I recommend get your Concealed Carry License (or CCW whatever they call it) and you can carry just about anything you can conceal and buy just about any weapons you want (delivery times vary....i.e. NFA).
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In Texas, it' a Concealed HANDGUN License.
You can buy whatever you want, regardless of wheteher or not you have a CHL or not. As it is NOT a Concealed WEAPONS permit/license, it does not give you carte blanche to conceal carry everything.
Some folks will tell you it does, but that is from laymen's interpretation of the law. As there has not been a court case deciding which interpretation is correct, everyone I known, including CHL instructors advise people to carry only "legal" knives, I.e., 5.5" or less, single edged blades.
IF HB1935 passes and is signed, then we won't have these issues in the future.
For more info on that see the bill tracking thread here in the knife law forum.
You can buy whatever you want, regardless of wheteher or not you have a CHL or not. As it is NOT a Concealed WEAPONS permit/license, it does not give you carte blanche to conceal carry everything.
Some folks will tell you it does, but that is from laymen's interpretation of the law. As there has not been a court case deciding which interpretation is correct, everyone I known, including CHL instructors advise people to carry only "legal" knives, I.e., 5.5" or less, single edged blades.
IF HB1935 passes and is signed, then we won't have these issues in the future.
For more info on that see the bill tracking thread here in the knife law forum.
There are no states that have laws set down in statute on using specific weapons in self-defense. The justifiability of using force in self-defense is about the situation a person is in and takes numerous variables into account. The only thing worth noting is a knife is considered deadly force, and therefore the situation must have called for deadly force.