Posted 3/27/2007 11:28:00 PM by Douglas

Don't mess with Texans.

Criminals in Texas beware: if you threaten someone in their car or office, the citizens of this state where guns are ubiquitous have the right to shoot you dead.

Governor Rick Perry's office said on Tuesday that he had signed a new law that expands Texans' existing right to use deadly force to defend themselves "without retreat" in their homes, cars and workplaces.

"The right to defend oneself from an imminent act of harm should not only be clearly defined in Texas law, but is intuitive to human nature," Perry said on his Web site.

The law extends a person's right to stand their ground beyond the home to vehicles and workplaces, allowing the reasonable use of deadly force, the governor's office said.

The reasonable use of lethal force will be allowed if an intruder is:

• Committing certain violent crimes, such as murder or sexual assault, or is attempting to commit such crimes
• Unlawfully trying to enter a protected place
• Unlawfully trying to remove a person from a protected place

The law also provides civil immunity for a person who lawfully slays an intruder or attacker in such situations.

Let's stand by and watch as all the criminal elements in Texas become aware of this law, and criminals haul their asses to more deserving, unsuspecting states. Like New Mexico.