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**Spats McGee** · March 28, 2013, 01:50 PM

Driver 1 (the aggressor who followed Driver 2 for 40 minutes) is, quite frankly, lucky that Driver 2 wasn't carrying! D2 would have had a decent SD argument. Think about it: some guy follows them for 40 minutes, blocks them in, and reaches in to punch him while he's still in the truck . . .

Once D1 got his beating, though . . . win, lose or draw, the threat was gone. Time to stop the shootin'.

I don't think I agree with charging the wife with anything. I haven't watched the video since yesterday (& I've slept since then), but as I recall, she didn't come out and draw until after her darling hubby had taken his beating. At that point, I think she's got a reasonable "defense of others" argument (at least under AR law, don't know about NC).

March 28, 2013, 01:50 PM	#18
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,821	Driver 1 (the aggressor who followed Driver 2 for 40 minutes) is, quite frankly, lucky that Driver 2 wasn't carrying! D2 would have had a decent SD argument. Think about it: some guy follows them for 40 minutes, blocks them in, and reaches in to punch him while he's still in the truck . . . Once D1 got his beating, though . . . win, lose or draw, the threat was gone. Time to stop the shootin'. I don't think I agree with charging the wife with anything. I haven't watched the video since yesterday (& I've slept since then), but as I recall, she didn't come out and draw until after her darling hubby had taken his beating. At that point, I think she's got a reasonable "defense of others" argument (at least under AR law, don't know about NC). __________________ I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.