(February 22, 2019 at 8:15 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: In polk county florida, 2016..a man named Orville Lee Wollard III fired a warning shot into a wall in his home, allegedly. He says it was to scare off his daughters abusive live-in boyfriend. Under floridas 10/20/life laws prosecutors offered him a deal. Plead guilty to a felony and get 5 years probation with no jailtime. He refused, now he's serving a 20 year sentence for aggravated assault with a firearm.
It's a crime to try to "scare" a criminal with a gun. I wouldn't call the cops if I shot at somebody, either...but suggesting that people don't call the cops when they do this doesn't paint the picture one might hope. It merely states that people do not call the cops on themselves when they commit crimes. If that stuff "made it into the stats" it could only increase the numbers of reported gun crimes.
Yeah, you aren't this dumb. You know that you are blowing smoke. Some guy brandished a gun at someone that he didn't like and fired an intimidation shot? Yep, that's illegal.
Someone told a would be assailant to leave at gun point? That's self defense.
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