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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 720074" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>For item number 1, that is an egregious misinterpretation of what I have said. If you are in a hostile, or charged situation with another person and display that you have a weapon, by Georgia law that is aggravated assault. If you are in a charged situation with someone else and you present a weapon, that person can defend themselves. As a matter of fact, if I happen to have my gun with me and another person who is yelling at me shows me that they have a gun, I will attempt to shoot them before they have a chance to shoot me. I am not going to wait until they point the gun at me and begin to flex their index finger to fire the gun, that would be too late. If someone is yelling at me, I am NOT going to show them that I have a gun until such a point that I am in the action of shooting them. I would not want to threaten that person, and I would not want that person to know that I had a gun so that if they want to harm me they don't plan on me having a gun.</p><p></p><p>Just having a gun doesn't cut it. If McMichael had been walking from his truck to the woods to hunt turkey and had a gun in his hands, there would be no justification for anyone to attack him. However, McMichael had been chasing Arbery with his truck for about 4 minutes and yelling at him. I understand that you can't see it, but there is a huge difference between: "having a gun", and chasing a person for four minutes, yelling at that person, and then showing a gun.</p><p></p><p>For item number 2, that is how the statute is written. If you live in Georgia and you don't like it from a common sense standpoint, talk to your state house member and senator to let them know you would like for it to be changed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 720074, member: 2426"] For item number 1, that is an egregious misinterpretation of what I have said. If you are in a hostile, or charged situation with another person and display that you have a weapon, by Georgia law that is aggravated assault. If you are in a charged situation with someone else and you present a weapon, that person can defend themselves. As a matter of fact, if I happen to have my gun with me and another person who is yelling at me shows me that they have a gun, I will attempt to shoot them before they have a chance to shoot me. I am not going to wait until they point the gun at me and begin to flex their index finger to fire the gun, that would be too late. If someone is yelling at me, I am NOT going to show them that I have a gun until such a point that I am in the action of shooting them. I would not want to threaten that person, and I would not want that person to know that I had a gun so that if they want to harm me they don't plan on me having a gun. Just having a gun doesn't cut it. If McMichael had been walking from his truck to the woods to hunt turkey and had a gun in his hands, there would be no justification for anyone to attack him. However, McMichael had been chasing Arbery with his truck for about 4 minutes and yelling at him. I understand that you can't see it, but there is a huge difference between: "having a gun", and chasing a person for four minutes, yelling at that person, and then showing a gun. For item number 2, that is how the statute is written. If you live in Georgia and you don't like it from a common sense standpoint, talk to your state house member and senator to let them know you would like for it to be changed. [/QUOTE]
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