I just moved up here from ‘Bama and was forced to sit through a 12 hour course of instruction which included range proficiency. The instructors made it pretty clear that if you unholstered in NC, that was definitely intent to use Deadly Force and you would be arrested. I went to Tri-Angle Shooting Academy. I’ll dig through the course books to see if I can find the info though. Not tonight because we’re watch the Opening Ceremonies, but tomorrow. Great conversation BTW.
“...see if I can find the info though...”
Thank you. There are a lot of twists on this case. To me it seems like having a gun in possession while not aiming it or threatenting to, which he had plenty of time to do as he could have openned fire getting out of his vehicle, didn’t seem like he wanted to use it but to let the other driver in the vehicle know he had it for protection. And the guy in the vehicle that actually fired the shot must have had his unholstered, also, since it took so little time for it to be used.
In defence of the outside guy, I can’t count the number of times cops walking up to a car for a traffic violation have been shot with their piece holstered. So both sides were in question in my mind. And the only shot came from inside the vehicle.
In a criminal case it is beyond a reasonable doubt. In a civil case it is the preponderence of the evidence which is defined as proving that something is more likely than not. And we only had one shooter. Like I said, it might get interesting if it comes to wrongful death suit.
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