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Brandishing a gun to scare someone is a very bad idea, one that could very well get you killed.
You may see it in the movies but it is wrong.
There are millions of instances a year where merely brandishing a handgun stops the threat. I know several people who have done just that, with the response from the potential bad guy being "My mistake".
There are millions of instances a year where merely brandishing a handgun stops the threat. I know several people who have done just that, with the response from the potential bad guy being "My mistake".
Some clarification is in order here. "Brandishing" is almost always defined as the display of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, such as intimidation. Conversely, most states have statutes or case law supporting the use of defensive display of a weapon for a lawful purpose, such as to deter an unlawful attack against oneself.
Some clarification is in order here. "Brandishing" is almost always defined as the display of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, such as intimidation. Conversely, most states have statutes or case law supporting the use of defensive display of a weapon for a lawful purpose, such as to deter an unlawful attack against oneself.
Wouldn't intimidation be the lawful purpose in such a case?
If not "brandishing", what's the appropriate word-"defensive display"? Semantics.
I will never be able to relate with her much. My father would never do anything like that for me.
As a mother though I did beat up a man at a football game who was trying to hit my daughter with his cane. I never did know why.
Well, your father probably wasn't a meth head. They have thus far found zero evidence the girl was sex trafficked, and dad admitted he was high on meth when he did it. So he's really not father of the year regardless. In fact it probably explains daughter's attraction to low lifes.
I don’t think meth users are capable of telling the truth.
I can’t see myself ever giving them the benefit of the doubt or following their tales with any belief.
I am so prejudiced against them I’m not qualified to judge him or to be on his jury.
I know the whole "hero dad saves daughter from crazy ex-boyfriend" headline will warm the hearts of many readers, but if it was truly self-defense, why is hero dad on the run? And as far as the question of whether he was justified is concerned, I think people are missing two points. One, the girl's father shot and killed a man. Whoever is telling the story is probably going to tell it in the way most favorable to the father. Two, we might be missing the forest for the trees. Did dad have a CCW license? If not, and my suspicion is he doesn't, he's in serious trouble for even having a loaded gun on him in the first place.
Who is a meth user? Aren't you people talking about a completely different case? This thread is messed up lol.
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