And families of dead people don't like self-defense. Calhoun County prosecutor talks self-defense law after deadly bar shooting | WWMT
He was on the ground. Being struck. One kick to the head could have killed him. Do you think that could constitute reasonable fear?
A cell phone video shows several men appearing to hit Yancer while he was on the ground. Police said Yancer then fired two gunshots, hitting 29-year-old Xavier West, who later died at a hospital. West was unarmed.
The community wants to know why he didn't fire a warning shot. Well, that would have been illegal.
During Wednesday's community meeting, one attendee said that Yancer could've fired a warning shot into the air instead of fatally shooting West. But Gilbert said a warning shot would not have been legal.
“You have a right to use a firearm in self defense. You do not have a right to fire in the air, particularly not in a bar, because there’s an upstairs to that bar," Gilbert said.
And then of course the "He wasn't armed" crowd started in. As if you can't kill someone by kicking them in the head.
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