{"id":178,"date":"2020-06-16T12:58:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T16:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:00:38","slug":"does-michigan-cpl-shooter-who-killed-armed-gunman-have-a-viable-self-defense-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/does-michigan-cpl-shooter-who-killed-armed-gunman-have-a-viable-self-defense-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Michigan CPL Shooter Who Killed Armed Gunman Have a Viable Self Defense Claim?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent Mlive<\/a> news reports that a Michigan CPL (Concealed Pistol License) holder shot and killed a gunman who was \u201cseen firing gunshots into the air and pointing a handgun at motorists.\u201d\u00a0 Will the CPL holder literally get away with murder, or will he go to prison?\u00a0 The question depends on how Michigan\u2019s Stand Your Ground Law is interpreted.<\/p>\n

According to Michigan\u2019s Stand Your Ground Law, a person may use deadly force against another if, but only if, he or she honestly and reasonably believe that the use of deadly force is necessary to prevent the imminent death or imminent great bodily harm or imminent sexual assault to himself or herself or to another individual. This is a simplified paraphrase of Michigan Compiled Laws section 780.972.<\/p>\n

On a plain reading of the law therefore, it would appear that the CPL shooter has a viable self-defense claim. This assumes that three things are also true, because if they\u2019re not, then no self-defense.\u00a0 First, the CPL shooter must not have been himself engaged in a crime. This seems like a reasonable assumption based on what little has been reported about this incident so far. Second, he must have been somewhere he was legally allowed to be. Again, we do not know the answer from the reports, but it seems likely the CPL shooter was not trespassing or otherwise someplace he wasn\u2019t lawfully allowed to be. Finally, the CPL shooter must have believed that deadly force was the only way to defend himself or another person. This seems self-evident.<\/p>\n

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Recent Mlive news reports that a Michigan CPL (Concealed Pistol License) holder shot and killed a gunman who was \u201cseen firing gunshots into the air and pointing a handgun at motorists.\u201d\u00a0 Will the CPL holder literally get away with murder, or will he go to prison?\u00a0 The question depends on how Michigan\u2019s Stand Your Ground […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-evidence","category-criminal-penalties","category-gun-laws"],"yoast_head":"\nDoes Michigan CPL Shooter Who Killed Armed Gunman Have a Viable Self Defense Claim? — Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog — June 16, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recent Mlive news reports that a Michigan CPL (Concealed Pistol License) holder shot and killed a gunman who was \u201cseen firing gunshots into the air and — June 16, 2020\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/does-michigan-cpl-shooter-who-killed-armed-gunman-have-a-viable-self-defense-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Does Michigan CPL Shooter Who Killed Armed Gunman Have a Viable Self Defense Claim? 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