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Diode wrote:I would expect someone will keep us updated. :)

You can sign up for e-mail alerts from the NRA. They remind you, maybe more than some people want.

- Jim

I'm not placing bets one way or the other. I have little confidence in the legislature. When the time comes, I'll write to my representatives. Everyone else should do the same.

I think the hysterical objections of the Florida law have been proven false, by anyone who looks at the facts, and similar measures have passed in several other states (5 if I recall correctly).

- Jim

Not explicitly.

This is part of the relevant law:

• PC §9.32. DEADLY FORCE IN DEFENSE OF PERSON. (a) A person
  is justified in using deadly force against another:
  ...
  (2) if a reasonable person in the actor's situation would not have
  retreated; and ...

However, district attorneys rarely prosecute people for failing to retreat, especially in cases of home invasion.

There was an exceptional case. In 1996, a gentleman named Gordon Hale defended himself against an assault, and the Dallas district attorney attempted to prosecute him. The grand jury declined to issue an indictment. This was the first attempt to prosecute a CHL holder for defending himself, to my knowledge.

The NRA-ILA will try to get the Texas law amended in the next legislative session.

- Jim