Partner T. Markus Funk was quoted in multiple publications regarding a contentious self-defense case.

In this case, the armed customer was sitting in a booth in the same room as someone he thought was pointing a firearm at patrons—creating a reasonable belief that force was necessary and making the issue of retreating void, said Markus, a lawyer and author of “Rethinking Self-Defence: The ‘Ancient Right’s’ Rationale Disentangled.”

“This is a pretty basic self-defense scenario where the peculiarities of Texas law don’t really factor in,” Markus said. (The Washington Post*)

01.10.2023 - The Washington Post* - "A Texas Taco Shop Diner Killed an Intruder. Now He Faces Legal Scrutiny."

01.11.2023 - The Volokh Conspiracy/Reason - "The Houston Restaurant Self-Defense Shooting: Neutralizing a Threat v. Killing a Criminal"

01.11.2023 - NewsNation | Dan Abrams Live* - "Grand Jury Weighing Actions of Patron in Fatal Texas Taqueria Robbery"

01.18.2023 - ABC News - "Fatal Taqueria Robber Shooting Casts Scrutiny on Armed Civilians"

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