Abused wife "stands her ground", faces 20 years in prison

[AtheistCrusader]

70. The unfortunate reality is, firing a warning shot is prima facie evidence you aren't in fear for you

r life.

Florida has a mandatory minimum statute for discharging a firearm that probably applies in this case (20 years). You are either justified in shooting some threat, or you are not justified in firing your weapon at all.

Several states vary on this, Texas probably allows it, New Hampshire it's a felony.

Warning shots look great on TV, and in a perfect world, might allow situations to be de-escalated where the aggressor's mind can be changed by a show of force, and nobody really needs to die, and that's great, but in the real world, warning shots mean you were not in fear for your life, because you moved the muzzle of your weapon away from the threat, AND fired it.

It's a pretty shit situation she's in, but you'd be hard pressed to find a self-defense or firearm instructor anywhere in the nation that will advocate a warning shot for precisely this reason.

At the end of the day, you might leave a human life intact by doing it, but the courts are going to screw you.