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Old 06-11-2014, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnShe
Not in a "stand your ground" state. Shooting someone for any reason is perfectly legal. It has stood the test of the courts.
Actually if that had happened in Florida and the pilot felt that he was:

(3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.

It would be the fat A** beach whale that would be in danger of taking a dirt nap. Having the assault on video would make it a slam dunk.....................