found some texas gun control news

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this is the way it should be done and kudos to that Texas judge for getting it right.
Gun Control Texas Style!

Last Thursday night around midnight, a woman from Houston , Texas was ...arrested, jailed, and charged with manslaughter for shooting a man 6 times in the back as he was running away with her purse.

The following Monday morning, the woman was called in front of the Arraignment Judge, sworn-in, and asked to explain her actions.

The woman replied, "I was standing at the corner bus stop for about 15 minutes, waiting for the bus to take me home after work. I am a waitress at a local cafe. I was there alone, so I had my right hand on my pistol in my purse hanging on my left shoulder. All of a sudden I was spun around hard to my left. As I caught my balance, I saw a man running away with my purse. I looked down at my right hand and saw that my fingers were wrapped tightly around my pistol. The next thing I remember is saying out loud, "No Way Punk! You're not stealing my pay check and tips." I raised my right hand, pointed my pistol at the man running away from me with my purse, and started squeezing the trigger of my pistol.

When asked by the arraignment judge, "Why did you shoot the man 6 times? The woman replied under oath, "Because, when I pulled the trigger the 7th time, it only went click."

The woman was acquitted of all charges. She was back at work the next day! That's Gun Control, Texas Style
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Nope it's BS.

From snopes:-

In 2012 this item was circulated in tandem with a photograph of Tracey Grissom, who was charged with shooting and killing her ex-husband in May of that year (even though the accompanying story had already been circulating for at least three years at that point):

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Origins: This item circulates under a variety of titles, including "Gun Ownership in Texas," "Texas Feminine Protection," "Gun Control," "A True Woman's Gun Story," "Purse Snatcher Takes the Wrong Purse," and "You Gotta Love Texas."

It's not a real news story, even though some versions attempt to present the tale as such. Actual news stories contain checkable details, such as the when and where of the incidents being described and the names of the people involved. In a real news story, the shooter would not be identified as "A woman," nor would the
jurist who heard her case be identified as "the arraignment judge."

While the most common e-mailed version of the "gun went click" tale purports to come from the 5 March 2009 issue of a newspaper, our earliest sighting of the piece dates to a January 2009 message board post. As for its being published as a news item in the Herald of Houston, Texas, there is no such newspaper in that city. There is, however, a Houston Herald newspaper in Texas County, Missouri.

We contacted that paper to ask if it had run such an item, on 5 March 2009 or any other date. Said Brad Gentry, the publisher of the Houston Herald, "Nothing to it. Didn't occur here."

The defining point of the "gun went click" tale echoes an actual 2006 incident in which a suspect was shot 68 times — when asked why, said the sheriff, "Because that's all the bullets we had."

Barbara "ammo dump" Mikkelson

Last updated: 17 December 2012
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Link to their article on it here
 
The OP's story on its face is hogwash.

mongoslow said:
...the woman was called in front of the Arraignment Judge, sworn-in, and asked to explain her actions...
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That is completely bogus.

An arraignment is a proceeding at which the accused is informed of the charges against him and enters a plea. That is all. An accused, especially when a felony charge, would never be sworn and asked to explain himself (even if the accused did not also have a right under the Fifth Amendment to decline to do so).

A hint to all: Do not post fiction as fact.
 
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