https://baronedefensefirm.com/michigan-gun-lawyer/laws-on-warning-shots/
Michigan gun laws on warning shots are not clear. The term warning shot does not appear in the Michigan Penal Code and is not otherwise contained in the Self-Defense Act. Without clear guidance from statutory law, courts are left to determine if the action of firing a warning shot is to be considered under either the use of force standard or the use of deadly force standard.
Although the firing of a warning shot is not per se legally forbidden, one should be aware that if they fire a warning shot, it is highly likely that their conduct will be judged under the legal standard that they have used deadly force and not just mere force.
This means that a person may only be allowed the legal argument of justification if a warning shot is fired in situations in which deadly force is justified under the Michigan Self-Defense Act.
I have no desire to face a Maryland jury, and I suspect a Detroit jury would be even worse. We’ll have to find out what the video shows, but a warning shot will land him in front of a jury. Negligent? Quite possible, but that might be just as dangerous a claim.
“I have no desire to face a Maryland jury, and I suspect a Detroit jury would be even worse. “
Where did this kid even find a white person ? Who will the jury of peers consist of ?
So, in front of a jury charged with what crime? What crime was committed, here? Is the appearance of racial bias a crime? If the young man knocking on his door had not been black would we even be hearing anything about this? I don’t think we would be.