“I don’t think “warning shots” are a good idea, unless you’re absolutely sure of where that round will end-up. Many people don’t know for sure. Best not to fire unless you hit the attcker. JMO.”
When I was in Sarasota in the late ‘80’s a woman’s neighbor came home to see a drugged-up teen beating her in her front yard. He was unable to make the kid stop, so he drew and fired into the ground. He held the teen for the cops. They arrested him too and the local state’s attorney kept him in court on charges until he ran out of money and was bankrupted, then they dropped the charges. The state’s attorney was quoted as saying something like, “Let this be a warning to you gun nuts that we’ll bankrupt you.”
“They arrested him too and the local state’s attorney kept him in court on charges until he ran out of money and was bankrupted, then they dropped the charges. The state’s attorney was quoted as saying something like, “Let this be a warning to you gun nuts that we’ll bankrupt you.”
And the anti-freedom folks say we did not need protections for people who defend themselves and others.
That state’s attorney needs to be taken to the wood shed. What a clear abuse of power.