From the article:
“(Zhang) got a gun so he fired a warning shot and was able to apprehend them until the police showed up.”
I thought it was illegal to fire a warning shot?
It is illegal for white males (including white Hispanic males) to fire warning shots. I’m not sure how that law applies to Yan Zhang, but it probably depends on his income, his education, where he was born, and whether he has a productive job or a government job.
No, officer. I meant to say they scared me so bad that my bumbling self accidentally pulled the trigger and I fired an un-intentional round. THANK GOD no one was hurt. But they did seem to grow more compliant after that.........
Maybe if your stupid enough to call it a warning shot
It's California.
EVERYTHING is illegal, except illegal aliens!
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In California it's illegal to have a picture of a gun! This guy is in for big trouble.
Certainly in a populated area. And I would think definitely in Cali. I'm retired LE and we were prohibited from firing a warning shot.
Firing a warning shot IS a use of deadly force. This is only legally justified if you fear death or great bodily harm.
How do you convince a jury that you feared death or great bodily harm if you wasted a round and the time it took to fire it instead of directly attempting to stop the attackers?
Further complicating the issue is the state's unConstitutional limit of ten rounds in a magazine. After firing the round in the chamber, that would leave only two rounds a piece for the five attackers. This will be enough some of the time and not enough the rest of the time.
In California you only have the right to defend your home a little bit and probably not nearly as much as the Governor who undoubtedly has multiple armed bodyguards with exemptions from this law.