"I was defending myself! He threatened my life with a fire axe!" Old Jack argued unconvincingly: "Texas law says I can do that!"
"Why did you shoot so many times then? Don't you know that's also threatening others' lives, a criminal act? You are disturbing the public order. Come back to the station with us for investigation. You'll have to pay a fine of 4000 US dollars and be detained for 7 days," the officer reprimanded.
"I only have Mexican pesos," replied Old Jack.
"I gather you're not a local, you must have swum over from the city across the river. For that, I will also charge you with illegal border crossing and smuggling. You need to pay an additional bail of 50,000 US dollars to get out of jail."
Faced with arrest and accusations from the officer, Old Jack was cornered and turned to pull out another gun from the car.
