Hardly.
I am a local. You are not.
I possess a Florida CCW, and so am familiar with our laws concerning the application of deadly force. You are not.
I am familiar with, and associated with, the news organization that reported the story in the first place. You are not.
I know what I'm talking about. You do not.
loitering on private property does not warrant brandishing a firearm, imo.
Does "loitering" encourage drug solicitation...five times?
...your "castle doctrine" doesn't pass the smell test.
I submit your ability to "smell" is compromised by the location of your head.
you can keep your "qualifications." i'll keep my badge and my job of getting drug dealing scumbags off the streets. i guess the whole second guessing by people who have no idea what it's like. bottom line: someone points a gun at me, i shoot. undercover narcotics is as tough as it gets.
five times? they had made 5 arrests during their operation that day. thats normal. but obviously loitering does encourage someone coming up to you and asking if you want to score.
and there is no woe-is-me factor here, thank you very much. it's the best job in the world and i've had many others. it's just a fact that nowadays criminals have the upper hand in many situations. and yes, this old man who fires upon people in the vicinity of his property is a criminal. at least, here, he acted criminally.