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Originally posted by DZAG Wright
Most of you would be in the same trouble or more than this guy from reading your replies. You have to know the gun laws of your State.
Here in FL and probably most other States, even if you have concealed weapons permit and lawfully owned gun...you're never supposed to show it or use it to intimidate anyone. When the guy did this he earned himself a charge. Secondly, he fired a warning shot thus earning himself another charge.
Q. When can I use my handgun to protect myself?
A. Florida law justifies use of deadly force when you are:
>Trying to protect yourself or another person from death or serious bodily harm;
or
>Trying to prevent a forcible felony, such as rape, robbery, burglary or kidnapping.
Originally posted by Observer99
Originally posted by DZAG Wright
Most of you would be in the same trouble or more than this guy from reading your replies. You have to know the gun laws of your State.
Here in FL and probably most other States, even if you have concealed weapons permit and lawfully owned gun...you're never supposed to show it or use it to intimidate anyone. When the guy did this he earned himself a charge. Secondly, he fired a warning shot thus earning himself another charge.
Showing gun = charge
Warning shot = charge
Uhhh ok. How about shooting the perp. I will go out on a limb and say .. charge?
So basically the state may as well outlaw guns, since you don't seem to be able to do anything at all with them?
Originally posted by yrwehere1
reply to post by Vitchilo
This guy's defense attorney must have really sucked. I hope he had enough sense to appeal this ruling. Next time he's in this situation you can bet he'll shoot the punk first then fire a warning shot.
Originally posted by macman
Should have just shot the kid, not a warning shot.
What a shame.
On a spring morning in 2008, Wollard got a panicked call from his wife. The teenage boyfriend who had been beating up his 15-year old daughter was back at their house causing trouble. Wollard rushed home and found the boy on the porch and his daughter with a black eye. Wollard told the boy to leave, but instead, the boy attacked him, ripping out stitches from Wollard’s recent surgery, and then ran off with Wollard’s daughter. When the two returned several hours later, the boyfriend began shoving Orville’s daughter around the Wollards’ home. Wollard’s wife and eldest daughter screamed for him to do something. Wollard was frightened for his daughter’s and his family’s safety.
He grabbed his legally registered pistol and confronted the boy, again asking him to leave. The boy stopped assaulting Wollard’s daughter. He smiled, punched a hole in the wall, and began moving toward Wollard. Wollard, who had had firearms training as a former member of the auxiliary police force, aimed a bullet into the wall next to the boyfriend to scare him. No one was hurt, and the boy finally left. That is where this story should have ended, but it didn’t.