Does Displaying a Gun Equate to Deadly Force?
Today's show will address the question of whether displaying a gun towards another person for the purpose of changing their behavior is an act of deadly force--meaning, that you must first have been facing a deadly force threat, or your display of the gun would constitute felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. This question was addressed directly by a recent Florida state Supreme Court decision, and I'll be reading through and translating that decision into plain English for our Law...