Warning Shot?

[Sigo]

Yea... I believe this idiot's story. No Threat? Don't shoot.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/03/1m-bond-set-for-man-charged-in-fatal-shooting-from-garage.html

 

[republican]

A warning shot would carry the same charge as shooting at and missing I would imagine.

 

[offbeat404]

 

[spencer60]

More stupid... People who get their self-defense knowledge from TV deserve what happens to them.

 

[rockyfatcat]

More likely than not a warning shot is an unlawful discharge. You are legally and financially liable for every bullet that leaves your barrel. If you don't have the justification under the law to take a life, better leave your finger off the trigger. If it's out of your holster you can probably be charged with brandishing.

 

[ncrinc12]

A kill shot is not a warning shot unless he was warning the DOA's friends

 

[yellowhammer]

When going through a state-certified school to become a private investigator in Ga. in 1993,we were taught that it is illegal to fire a warning shot in Ga. While attending firearms training on Dobbins Air Force we were told that it was illegal to fire a warning shot on Dobbins. Probably ,most locations have the same laws.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I've never heard of any law anywhere in Georgia against warning shots per se.

What's illegal is using a warning shot when there is not yet an imminent danger of death or serious injury from the criminal.
If you can't legally shoot center-of-mass (Formerly known as "shooting to kill") you almost certainly cant do a warning shot or a wounding shot either.

The charge you'd face could be Aggravated Assault. A felony of up to 20 years.

 

[woodstock]

drinkin moonshine in the dark garage tends to impair ones mental acuity

 

[Quacker]

More likely than not a warning shot is an unlawful discharge. You are legally and financially liable for every bullet that leaves your barrel. If you don't have the justification under the law to take a life, better leave your finger off the trigger. If it's out of your holster you can probably be charged with brandishing.

But Joe Biden said I could....