On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:46:03 -0500, Califbill wrote:

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/12/14, 3:44 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/12/14, 11:15 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:27:33 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d
wrote:

On 6/11/2014 10:04 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

No law against "brandishing" a firearm? That's what would get you
arrested in many places.

http://www.usacarry.com/brandishing-firearm/

Didn't Florida recently pass a law stating that accidental brandishing
was no longer a criminal offense?

That refers to something like your gun "printing" on a covering
garment or your coat blowing open for a moment. If you intentionally
hold your coat open to show your gun or pull it out to threaten
someone, it is still brandishing.

They are working on a "warning shot" exception to the 10-20-life law.
As it is, if you fire a warning shot, you better look like you have a
valid reason to kill them and you just missed. Every instructor I have
ever had said you just shoot for the center of mass, no warning shots.
That bullet is going to land somewhere and the only place you are
legally allowed to have it land is in a person who is presenting an
imminent threat to you.

BTW that is not necessarily true if an animal that is posing that
threat.
The burden of proof is much higher if you shoot a protected animal.


Well, of course...you want to be able to legally stand your ground
against a raccoon walking through your yard. It's Florida.


Hell, I wanted to shoot a raccoon in the yard the other night. Maybe two.
1:30 am and get woke up to fighting raccoons.


Well, of course, because little animals are soooo annoying and there's no
reason to leave them alone. I get it.


Raccoons are not little. And very loud and nasty when fighting.

Once when racoon hunting a shot with a .22 brought the racoon out of the tree into a creek. The most
stupid of the hunting dogs jumped in after it. The racoon damn near killed the dog, which quickly
gave up and came back to our side of the creek. The racoon swam to the other side and escaped in the
bushes. This was about 2:00 AM, so we weren't able to see it or follow it.

It didn't seem to be hurt too badly.