Thank you for the legal posting. Very informative. Was familiar with the day/night distinction on fleeing robber, but the refresher was good.
However, is not the term “reckless” subject to interpretation, such that a crack lawyer might — in some cases, at least — get someone off who had fired a warning shot?
In other words: Who says “warning” must necessarily equate to “reckless” in every case other than on the high seas?
What I am saying is that you will correctly be charged, go to trial, and suffer tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees by doing so, just as the subject of this thread is going to go through.
Look at the Zimmerman case and all he has gone through for what should have been simple matter of a justifiable defense of his life.
No sir, as for me and mine, the gun stays in the holster until I feel my life is threatened. Then and only then does it comes out, and if the threat doesn't end when it sees me pointing my weapon at him/her, I shoot for center of mass until the threat stops. The warning was my screaming "STOP!" as I drew my weapon.