A friend of mine called me up today, he got himself into a pretty questionable situation last night. I have to just go by what he told me, but I don't have any reason not to trust that he told me the truth either. He doesn't have a CHL, was woken up by a fire alarm and on his way home was surprised by a transient, which fortunately led to nothing violent and the transient left the premises. A female neighbor of his stated to him that she was scared and didn't think she had locked her front door. He offered to check out her home if she wanted him to, she accepted. He went home, got his weapon (ruger SR9c) and searched her home and found nothing, they exchanged pleasantries and he went home. He is pretty freaked out right now since he carried a concealed weapon without a CHL and barely knows the female involved and is afraid that the owners of his community may attempt to evict him for UWC for similar.
Is he covered by Texas Castle Law or should he contact an attorney and prepare for civil or criminal prosecution?
If i ever came up to my own home,and for whatever reason,i felt like someone may be inside,or something looked suspicious,i'm calling 911 to start with.I may go in on my own armed,but,i kinda doubt it.Depends on the situation.
Ok, so the door wasn't kicked in, no broken window, the woman was just concerned that she hadn't locked up when she left due to the alarm? I can't imagine calling the police over such a trivial matter. Your friend did just fine and since this all happened on private property I doubt any law was broken.
Yea no forced entry, obviously one should never leave their door unlocked but since this happened in the middle of the night that doesn't help and most people aren't security minded like we are.
Also, I texted him tonight and he said he went down from his 5th floor unit to hers on the 3rd floor straight down the stairs and back up if that matters and also that it was a 1 bedroom apartment, living room, kitchen bathroom the usual setup.
I think he is being a little paranoid. She requested, he obliged (whether he should have or not is irrelevant now), she isn't likely to file a complaint, and the police likely have better things to do than come after him.
I'm with Danny I too didn't understand the first part of the story. Anyway your friend should have called the police instead of playing the action movie hero. Good thing nothing happened but tell your friend next time IF something like that happens to call the cops.
If your friend gets his CHL let him know that still doesn't make him an action movie hero and a cop.
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