The gun-grabbers are making a play here.
Notice the tact of the Sheriff in this case. Came right out and said - no charges...stand your ground...that’s the law.
That was NOT a mistake - they were waiting for the worst looking SYG case they could to make this statement.
At the time - It went right through me - and sounded like appropriate boilerplate.
The sheriff’s office, citing the “stand your ground” law, which allows citizens to use deadly force when fearing “imminent death or great bodily harm,” did not arrest Drejka for the fatal shooting.
“He had to shoot to defend himself,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said in a statement obtained by CBS News. “And those are the facts and that’s the law.”
Let’s face it - we all know this is not a shining example of SYG - and I think a lot of gun owners aren’t comfortable with this guy being a poster child for CC.
But the remarks by the sheriff look like a play by the pro-gun control crowd. They want it to appear you can be shot for anything - and the cops can’t do anything about it.
They are making a play and in my mind even this case does not diminish the law. All the law did was keep him from being arrested on the spot and being presumed guilty for daring to have a gun.
As seen now, the existence of the law didn’t prevent him from being charged. At least there’s some video evidence here.
Imagine a case where there isn’t. You’re attacked at night and defend yourself. Cops show and there’s you with a gun and a dead body. Without the law you would be put under arrest for murder and would have to provide evidence that your use of deadly force was justified.
With the law the burden is on the state as it should be. This won’t stop people from committing crimes but it will keep even more innocent people out of prison.
P.S. NO law can prevent you from being shot for any reason and unless they are acting as your personal bodyguard the police can NEVER do anything about it.
That’s one of the reasons we need guns!