That reminds me of last year when the little guy with his gun who had a habit of confronting folks who took handicapped parking without a sticker confronted a black woman who’d park in the blue spot and whose husband or baby daddy came out and confronted instigator and pushed him down
While down instigator pulled weapon and killed black man who was no longer pushing him or moving towards him in front of the soon to be dead man’s nine year old son
They were looking at prosecuting him....don’t know if they did
It all reminds me of what a friend of mine who’d been in Vietnam later was a private security contractor overseas told me
A little scared guy with a gun will shoot you quicker than anyone ....if he looks scared don’t confront further
I had an employee who did my deposits....nervous and was five seven and maybe 130.
Carrot a 9mm 92SB I bought him and I used to warn him don’t shoot someone with my gun unless you really need to please...lol...
For the record I grew up in an era when men were men ans looked like we had ample testosterone with jaws and brows and chin and strong daily need for sex drives...and we fought...and when we got beat down....it was bad form to take your gun and kill your better for it
They did. I believe he tried to use the "My life was in danger" defense. The State of Florida has a self defense law since they went from Common Law to Statute Law. It is now "My life was in danger". It is better than nothing, but I do not believe it is as broad as the self defense under the Common Law. And a lot of people learned that the hard way. After the jury verdict,"We find the Defendant guilty as charged" verdict came back. Back to the guy we were talking about. He was found guilty of manslaughter. And, oh yes, A scared person will kill you or hurt you in a hurry. You can ask James Vinson that. They were at a bar out in the country. James had already whipped him a couple of times. Close to closing time, James decided he wanted to whip him again as the guy was leaving. James followed him to his truck and told him that he was going to whip his ass again just for the hell of it. The guy told James,leave me alone. You have already beat me up two times. I am scared of you. I have a gun in my truck. If you mess with me again, I will shoot you. James messed with him and he shot him. With a .45. The Deputy Sheriff came out. Listened to the witnesses, because back then, if there was a bar fight, everyone in the bar except the barmaid came out to watch. And told the guy to go home. He did not even take his gun. The Grand Jury refused to indict. Everyone in a position of authority agreed that it was self defense or justifiable homicide. That was back in the early 60s.