Editor’s Note: The following is a syndicated article by author Schuyler P. Robertson that first appeared in USCCA’s Concealed Carry Magazine Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2018 under the title, “Against A Mob.”
As a firearms instructor, one of the most common questions I hear is, “When can I use my gun and not go to jail?” In light of recent riots and other mass violence, many people want to know when displaying or using a firearm is legal when faced with a mob.
The fact remains that deadly force is only legally justified when it is employed to stop an immediate and otherwise unavoidable threat of death or grave bodily harm to the innocent.
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Rule one: Stay out of mobs.
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DeleteSadly when is it legally acceptable to draw a firearm is no different from asking when is it appropriate to use said firearm. What happens to you legally has far less to do with the FACTS of the incident as it does to what the political beliefs and agenda of the local DA, Mayor, Council etc. is.
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Rule 2: If you are in a mob, and you are armed, you are in an armed mob. Lots of bad choices are stacking up against you.
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Good point.
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