Lord Sega
Regular Member
I was looking around the LawGuru website where people can write in with law issues and get free advice (usually go get a lawyer) but some of it is interesting.
There was a question about a gun problem in Louisiana (I'm in Oregon, so don't know the laws for there), here it is as written:
So my question, and I know there is probably more to the story, but going by what is here... if a person retrieves a gun because of an escalating altercation, and only holds it at the ready, how can they justify "aggravated assault and disturbing the peace? This is assuming that the person was just standing there, observing the altercation, but with the gun in hand (not pointed) just in case it's needed.
There was a question about a gun problem in Louisiana (I'm in Oregon, so don't know the laws for there), here it is as written:
i had an altercation with my neighbor and she called some family members to fight me as they were pulling in her yard i came outside to dispose of some garbage and they started threatning me. My dad came outside to see what was going on and he was assualted, my husband came outside and told me to come in. When i went inside i went to go retrieve my husbands gun that's in his name not mine. i went to the front door with the gun and stood there with the glass screendoor shut with the gun in my hand and my husband took the gun away and the screendoor is see through so the police officer took the gun away an charged me with aggravated assualt and disturbing the peace now i have a criminal record already from 2003 what should i expect if i plead guilty and what should i expect if i plead not guilty
So my question, and I know there is probably more to the story, but going by what is here... if a person retrieves a gun because of an escalating altercation, and only holds it at the ready, how can they justify "aggravated assault and disturbing the peace? This is assuming that the person was just standing there, observing the altercation, but with the gun in hand (not pointed) just in case it's needed.