“However, this got out of hand and did not meet requirements for self defense”
The CCW instructor drilled us over and over again in our class when we could pull a gun. He said his signature would be on the class diploma and he did not want to feel guilty down the road if one of us shot and killed someone when it was not necessary or if one of us did something stupid.
Everyone should take a ccw class.
I agree even for constitutional carry states there should be a requirement for a class on use of force.
The guy that taught my last class (a former cop) would have probably used this as an example of what not to do. In fact, he did that with a case here in the Houston area. An old retired man saw a couple of scumbags robbing the house of neighbors who were out of town. He called the police, but got tired of waiting and told the operator he had a gun and was going to do something. He shot and killed the two guys who turned out to be illegals from Colombia. He was eventually either not charged or found not guilty, but the instructor said the old guy probably burned through a lot of his life savings in order to keep from going to jail. Our instructor warned us that if we are going to carry a gun for self defense we need to avoid situations like that of the old man. I'm sure he'll be using the Arbery case as an example in the future.