TexasCHLforum.com

cb1000rider wrote:

jbarn wrote: [pre-paid legal] membership would have afforded him no cost legal representation.

That's what they say. At least that's what their commissioned non-attorney sales people say.
What I want to see:
1) References to actual cases where they have defended clients. To date, they haven't provided this.
2) Actual "zero cost" clients who are willing to be references.

[pre-paid legal] cites "privacy" when indicating that they will not provide any case references. That's fine, but cases are matters of public record. And dispositions of those cases should be of great interest to anyone who considers this to a form of legal representation. Sorry, that doesn't pass the "smell" test for me. Neither does allowing them into my CHL class.

And sorry, the math doesn't work out for me. If I'm a defendant in a criminal trial, I want the best attorney I can afford. Assigning me an attorney that gets paid some % of several membership fees - is he or she really going to be motivated to work hard?

Just askin...

Charles L. Cotton wrote:This thread is rapidly turning into a sales pitch for [pre-paid legal]. If it continues, it will be deleted.

Chas.

Tic Tac wrote:Something stinks. How did he speed off if construction brought all traffic to a stop?

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:This thread is rapidly turning into a sales pitch for [pre-paid legal]. If it continues, it will be deleted.

Chas.

Chasmeister, you're in the field. What would be good suggestions for your happy go lucky CHLer in this instance, or even a CHLer with a wife who views curbs and walls as mere guidelines.

This is in regards to prior to any event occurring, when CHLers are just worried about liability, not after - Heavev forbid - assistance is actually needed.

NON-MEMBER NIGHTMARE: WHEN IT GOES WRONG

After a late dinner at a local burger joint, a high school math teacher (and a new concealed carry license holder) is driving home with his wife, when a pick-up truck pulls up very close behind their car. It then swerves around their car and races past with the rude truck driver yelling harsh words and giving "friendly" gestures. Unfortunately, shortly after this episode, road construction brings all traffic to a halt with the teacher's car behind the pick-up truck. The truck driver gets out of his truck and starts walking toward the teacher's car. The teacher seeing this and wanting to keep any confrontation away from his wife, exits his car. But in the heat of the moment the teacher forgets to put the car in park, so his car continues rolling forward and smashes the rude driver's truck. The truck driver, after the collision, is none too happy at this point.

BAD TO WORSE

In what can only be described as making a bad situation worse, the teacher freaks out over the course of events and draws his concealed carry pistol and fires warning shots to diffuse the situation. The driver of the truck rushes back in his vehicle and speeds off. The teacher is arrested later that night and charged with felony assault.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:This thread is rapidly turning into a sales pitch for [pre-paid legal]. If it continues, it will be deleted.

Chas.

Chasmeister, you're in the field. What would be good suggestions for your happy go lucky CHLer in this instance, or even a CHLer with a wife who views curbs and walls as mere guidelines.

This is in regards to prior to any event occurring, when CHLers are just worried about liability, not after - Heavev forbid - assistance is actually needed.

I would never discourage anyone from purchasing any insurance or pre-paid legal plans they think are appropriate. My only caution is to make sure you know what you are getting and equally important, what you are not getting. Read the contract thoroughly. Can the attorney withdraw representation for any reason or no reason?

I do recommend getting the NRA self-defense insurance. It is true insurance meaning you are provided defense counsel in civil matters. In criminal cases, the public policy of Texas (and other states) prohibits one from insuring their criminal acts, so the policy becomes a reimbursement policy. That means you have to pay for your own defense, but you can be reimbursed for your defense costs, if you win, are not indicted, etc.

I do not have a pre-paid legal plan, but if I were to decide to purchase one, I would also get the NRA self-defense insurance to cover (reimbursement basis) the costs not covered by pre-paid legal plans.

Oh, did I mention to make sure you understand what you are not getting in a pre-paid legal plan?
Chas.

android wrote:an alien spaceship arrived and transported the teacher to their spaceship in a bright beam of light. The really sad part is that the aliens had pretty much the same intentions for the teacher as Bubba. They strapped him to a table and began to attach all kind of electrodes to his body. Our teacher knew he was in serious trouble. It seemed like all summer passed by as the spinning, gleaming probing thing descended from the ceiling. Then Pam woke up and Bobby was alive. It had all been a terrible dream.

Ruark wrote:After some years, I'm STILL waiting to read a real life, first hand experience from a CHL holder who shot somebody with his weapon in self defense and utilized one of these services. I'd like to know what actually happened, what they actually DID and when they did it. But so far, nothing.