Wolfebane
Regular Member
Greetings,
I was watching a video clip today and it got me thinking about this question.
Here's the hypothetical scenario:
Having dinner in a restaurant and for whatever reason a fight breaks out between a group of people, one side starts to get overwhelmed (no weapons only fists) and it looks like they could be beaten to death.
Everyone else is yelling for them to stop and for someone to call the police. But at the rate the fight is going it looks like there could be a murder before the police arrive.
Now my question is this:
Is it illegal to draw your weapon and point it at the ceiling (it's a one story building with no one above) and discharge it one time to get everyone to stop. Assuming the fighting stops, is what you have done illegal since you believed another citizen was in mortal danger?
I was watching a video clip today and it got me thinking about this question.
Here's the hypothetical scenario:
Having dinner in a restaurant and for whatever reason a fight breaks out between a group of people, one side starts to get overwhelmed (no weapons only fists) and it looks like they could be beaten to death.
Everyone else is yelling for them to stop and for someone to call the police. But at the rate the fight is going it looks like there could be a murder before the police arrive.
Now my question is this:
Is it illegal to draw your weapon and point it at the ceiling (it's a one story building with no one above) and discharge it one time to get everyone to stop. Assuming the fighting stops, is what you have done illegal since you believed another citizen was in mortal danger?