You called him a mean word: homophobe. This means that he was afraid of homosexuals. I am the one saying he obviously was not, because he approached you when you had visible handgun. Again, I ask, if you say that under Washington law, you would be justified in brandishing at someone who calls you a mean name, why didn't you do it. Or do you just want to admit now that the story didn't happen?
Now I see what you were referring to. The term Homophobe is much broader than that:
Homophobia is a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards
homosexuality and people who are identified or perceived as being homosexual. Although the suffix
-phobia normally refers to irrational fear, definitions of
homophobia have expanded to refer also to antipathy,
prejudice, contempt, and aversion, as well as irrational fear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia
You won't find any RCWs supporting your baseless assertion, because there aren't any.
There is. I stated that I am looking for it, and I will find it.
I found it, this time:
RCW 9.41.270
Weapons apparently capable of producing bodily harm — Unlawful carrying or handling — Penalty — Exceptions.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, exhibit, display, or draw any firearm, dagger, sword, knife or other cutting or stabbing instrument, club, or any other weapon apparently capable of producing bodily harm, in a manner, under circumstances, and at a time and place that either manifests an intent to intimidate another or that warrants alarm for the safety of other persons.
(2) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (1) above shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. If any person is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section, the person shall lose his or her concealed pistol license, if any. The court shall send notice of the revocation to the department of licensing, and the city, town, or county which issued the license.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to or affect the following:
(a) Any act committed by a person while in his or her place of abode or fixed place of business;
(b) Any person who by virtue of his or her office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to preserve public safety, maintain public order, or to make arrests for offenses, while in the performance of such duty;
(c) Any person acting for the purpose of protecting himself or herself against the use of presently threatened unlawful force by another, or for the purpose of protecting another against the use of such unlawful force by a third person;
(d) Any person making or assisting in making a lawful arrest for the commission of a felony; or
(e) Any person engaged in military activities sponsored by the federal or state governments.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.270
Additionally:
[h=2]RCW 9A.16.050[/h][h=1]Homicide — By other person — When justifiable.[/h] |
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Homicide is also justifiable when committed either:
(1) In the lawful defense of the slayer, or his or her husband, wife, parent, child, brother, or sister, or of any other person in his or her presence or company, when there is reasonable ground to apprehend a design on the part of the person slain to commit a felony or to do some great personal injury to the slayer or to any such person, and there is imminent danger of such design being accomplished; or
(2) In the actual resistance of an attempt to commit a felony upon the slayer, in his or her presence, or upon or in a dwelling, or other place of abode, in which he or she is.