Use a gun, go to jail... wouldn’t that be sweet... what’s the law in Nevada?
Use a gun, go to jail... wouldn’t that be sweet... what’s the law in Nevada?
Better dig up Johnnie Cochran.
Law-abiding citizens who apply for a concealed-carry permit shall be issued such a permit after they complete a required class which includes demonstrating proficiency with the particular handgun.
I think law-abiding citizens are within their rights to carry openly, though there might be jurisdictions that don't agree.
The mere possession of a gun in a hotel room is not a crime.
Drawing a gun, and using its possession to influence the behavior of another person, is another matter entirely.
The presentation of a handgun in such circumstances would typically constitute use of deadly force, or at least the threat to use deadly force. Unless the other people in the room represented a reasonable threat of causing death or great bodily harm to the person who drew the gun, then it is unlikely that the law would justify such drawing of a gun.
The claim that somebody in the room said, "Put the gun down", or some such thing, seems to indicate that a gun was presented by somebody.
There might be a slim chance that stolen property was being recovered. If, while taking possession of that property, the thief attempted to prevent the recovery using force, then those recovering the stolen property would probably be justified in using force in opposition. But the use of deadly force would be quite a ways down the line of possible responses, especially if the size of the people and their numbers indicated little chance that the alleged thief could harm them successfully.
My estimate would be that OJ is in great trouble if a gun was present and was in somebody's hand outside a holster.
It’s a shame they don’t have our 10-20-Life law. Even if it never left his waistband he would be looking at 10 years hard time, no early parole.