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Texas Penal Code

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Oct 17, 2026

Andrew BrancaHOST
47:57
Very pleasant to talk with.
Andrew BrancaHOST
47:58
Kyle Cowden, member for 11 months, says, I can't cite chapter and verse, but in Texas, there's a Texas penal code reference that says what's otherwise a crime is okay in self-defense.
Andrew BrancaHOST
48:08
Yeah, if it's self-defense, your use of force that would otherwise be a crime is justified and not a crime.
Andrew BrancaHOST
48:16
But it only applies to potential underlying crimes that involve the use of force.
Andrew BrancaHOST
50:34
Absolutely, absolutely crazy.
Andrew BrancaHOST
50:37
Crazy system.
Andrew BrancaHOST
50:42
Kyle Cowden says, GIS, Geographic Information System, the reference I was taking to the TPC, Texas Penal Code, is more for felons in possession and similar.
Andrew BrancaHOST
50:52
All right, so, Felons in possession.
Kirsta MeltonGUEST
60:46
So you want somebody who's had experience with taxpayer dollars.
Kirsta MeltonGUEST
60:49
You also want someone who has worked with the legislature, and that might be a little bit counterintuitive, but the idea here is that the law is always changing, and there, the Texas Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure are not complete in the sense that there are things that are wrong sometimes in the code.
Kirsta MeltonGUEST
61:12
There are gaps-
Steve MallettHOST
61:13
Mm-hmm
Clay PedersonHOST
74:35
And Texas law does reflect this.
Clay PedersonHOST
74:39
Under Texas Penal Code Section 9.32, a person who uses deadly force is presumed to have acted reasonably when the other party was unlawfully and with force entering their occupied home.
Clay PedersonHOST
74:53
It's just that simple.
Clay PedersonHOST
74:55
So you know what? The bottom line is here is that a man forced his way into the house at half past 11.
Ken W. GoodHOST
4:30
So the first section that we're going to talk about is 17.03 and it mirrors what the original statute was.
Ken W. GoodHOST
4:40
It says that only the court before whom the case is pending, so only the court with jurisdiction to try the case, may issue a personal bond for a defendant who's charged with burglary under 30.02 of the Texas Penal Code.
Ken W. GoodHOST
4:58
or engaging in organized criminal activity under Section 71.02. And then we have our third section, which is if the defendant's charged with a felony.
Ken W. GoodHOST
5:10
And this is a little bit more complicated.
speaker_1NARRATOR
52:07
Another example of how the government deals with the free press that aren't handpicked to tell you lies.
speaker_1NARRATOR
52:15
And if the Branch Davidians, after being fired upon by helicopters, having their windows broken in, grenades thrown into their home, and ATF agents firing upon their children, did finally fire back, they have Texas law on their side, which says, Texas Penal Code, Subchapter C, Article 9.31, Self-Defense.
speaker_1NARRATOR
52:35
The use of force to resist an arrest or search is justified if, before the actor offers any resistance, the peace officer uses or attempts to use greater force than necessary to make the arrest or search, and when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the peace officer's use of or attempted use of greater force than necessary.
speaker_1NARRATOR
52:59
The FBI quickly moved in to seal Mount Carmel from the world.
Misael RamosSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4:25
Yeah,
Todd JeffriesHOST
4:25
Ramos is formally charged with rioting under Section 42.02 of the Texas Penal Code, which prohibits a gathering of seven or more people from depriving others of a legal right to travel or pass on a roadway.
Todd JeffriesHOST
4:38
That's exactly what they were doing.
Todd JeffriesHOST
4:39
It's a crime to block the

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