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Gun law triggers at least 13 shootings
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 14, 2006 12:25pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Orlando Sentinel |
| News Date | Sunday, June 11, 2006 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "I'm 4-foot-11. I'm 67 years old," Hammer said. "If you came at me, and I felt that my life was in danger or that I was going to be injured, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot you."
The shot that killed the stranger in Michael Brady's front yard upended his life and worsened a neighborhood dispute he blames for the shooting. He claims the man -- a friend of a neighbor -- began taunting him after drinking for hours and then threatened to punch him.
Friends of the man Brady shot to death, Justin Boyette, are angry that a grand jury cleared Brady. They say Boyette, 23, was a friendly bear of a man at 6 feet 2 and 270 pounds. They claim Boyette simply wanted to shake Brady's hand.
"A lot of people are going to die as soon as people figure out this law," said Eric Wagner, who hosted Boyette that day and has not stayed at the home across the street from Brady since then. "All you have to say is, 'I was afraid,' and you can blow someone away." |
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