Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
That's stupid. The entire fucking point of the castle doctrine is to give you EXTRA protection when guarding your home. There are already self defense laws that apply wherever you are.

Let me repeat. The entire point of the castle doctrine is that you gain EXTRA rights over and ABOVE normal self defense rights.

This is where castle doctrine matters.

Scenario A: You are justified fully in your actions with normal self defense laws. Castle Doctrine does nothing.

Scenario B: You are NOT justified fully in your actions with normal self defense laws. Castle Doctrine gives you extra protection.

So yes, your home is magical.
Everything you said is wrong. The "castle doctrine" is nothing more or less than a "stand your ground" context. As Texas already has fairly broad self defense laws in that regard, it doesn't give you anything "extra" at all. It's just an alternate phrasing to make things more understandable (or alternatively, make it sound more appealing/palatable). The two are used fairly interchangeably in Texas.