OMG....more guns ok in Texas. So, should I get a gun to defend my daughter from the wierd guy in the gold Buick LeSabre who has followed her home on 3 occasions? I dunno. I could, but I am against gun ownership. I could, I qualified on the military firing range as a sharp shooter on the M16 and the 45. Hmm....I still think I would call the police first.

DALLAS (Reuters) - 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.

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The new law, which takes affect on September 1, extends an exception to a statute that required a person to retreat in the face of a criminal attack. The exception was in the case of an intruder unlawfully entering a person's home.