[marktwain]

Police and prosecutor both say the warning shots were justified in this case.

[Resolute Conservative]

Bad presidence. Next they will want LEO’s taking warning shots. Now we will have extra rounds flying around.

[driftdiver]

Should have shot the driver.

[PAR35]

Warning shots are almost always never justified.

If you should pull the gun and then the trigger, you should be justified in shooting the bad guy. If you aren’t justified in shooting someone, the gun should stay holstered.

[Bogey78O]

It doesn’t seem like it’s “warning shots” per se but that he used the pistol to disable the vehicle and not threaten the snatchers with being shot outright. In short, he used the gun on their car and not on them.

Still tricky legal ground.

[Uncle Miltie]

Shoot to kill. Keep shooting until done.

[minnesota_bound]

They were both lucky to survive. He could have shot them dead as they were willing to kill by using that car.

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Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.