A recent fatal shooting in Houston could factor into upcoming gun control debates at the Texas State Capitol this legislative session.
A shooting at a Houston restaurant last week could factor into the coming gun control debates at the Texas Capitol. The incident involved an armed customer who shot and killed an armed robber.Security camera video shows 30-year-old Eric Eugene Washington robbing customers with what appears to be a hand gun. TheThe deadly incident is an example of constitutional carry according to Emily Taylor, a 2nd Amendment attorney.
"What we have is, although we found out later that the robber was using a toy gun, you don't know that at the moment. And Texas law doesn't say that you have to know that, you get to defend yourself based on the information you have from your eyes. Not perfect information. So you believe that you and others are being threatened with a deadly weapon," said Taylor.stated homicide detectives questioned the 46-year-old restaurant customer.
"It's possible that the grand jury find that last shot was too much. He was no longer a danger. And so self-defense is off the table. It's possible that they just say, look, we understand that from his shoes, he acted reasonably. Get in the stress and the adrenaline and everything that happened.
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