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Harry's recent "incident"
Harry recently described an incident where he ended up being injured
in the course of protecting someone else from violence. Momentarily suspending any possible disbelief in the facts as stated, a number of troubling questions are raised in my mind. Could the situation have been better handled without resorting to physical violence? Let's assume that Harry was armed with a legal concealed carry hand gun. Could he have legally pulled the gun and ordered the alleged perpatrator to cease and desist? In the Florida concealed carry course that I attended we were taught to never pull your weapon unless you intend to use it. Otherwise you could possibly be charged with brandishing and threatening. You are also specifically taught to never fire a warning shot, and to never try and effect an arrest. A person who fired a warning shot in Florida is still in jail for that crime even though he had been threatened and had no priors. Another possible strategy is to order the person to stop, relying on your physical presence and force of personality to carry the day. Harry apparently tried to do that and was assaulted in return. What to do next? Assault them back and risk escalation and/or injury? Invoke self defense and shoot? Both are problematic. So what's a person to do in Harry's situation? Tough call I think. For discussion purposes let's leave personalities and political leanings out of this. And yes, I know that will be difficult. |
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