The shooter didn't mean to shoot the guy.After being violently shoved,his hands were shaking from fright while he was holding the man at bey and the gun accidentally discharged one single round while shaking in fear.
If he was shooting on purpose he would have emptied his clip into the bully criminal.

I disagree. He simply got himself in a situation that he was not mentally prepared for going around acting like authority.

He should stay home and take up computer golf.

Accidental stand your ground shooting-Guaranteed Acquittal.Thats why no wasted taxdollars on prosecution.

Very good point. Florida laws are very open the way it sounds.

I do like the narrative the guy did in the video. He kept neutral and gave both sides a factor. This video will probably become a teaching lesson in carrying class.

Please explain how stand your ground is even an actual factor in this case. Or are you just trolling?

With regard to basic self defense, wouldn't one need to either 1) been suffering a felony assault, or 2) been at least threatened with a deadly weapon, before they have a reasonable fear for their life?

Can you articulate either of those factors as it pertains to this case Boco? No weapon, no felony assault = bad shoot.

then he should have his right to have firearms taken away, since he obviously isn't mentally capable of it. He also has no gun safety, or trigger awareness.

nothing about that was accidental. you can see that when he draws the gun, pauses, and then still shoots the guy as he was backing up, then kept it pointed at him....

the act of drawing and pointing the firearm already had the dead guy backing up.

You need to read what I wrote again, real, real, slow. Her illegal parking is exactly what started this whole chain of events. If she wouldn't have parked illegally none of this would have started. The guy wouldn't have been arguing with her, her boy friend wouldn't have knocked the guy down and the shooter wouldn't have shot him. I'd say parking is a big issue in the shooting, her feeling entitled to park where ever she wants in order to save a few steps.

Nowhere did I say that was sufficient rationale to shoot anyone, nowhere. What I said was, that started the interaction between 3 stupid people, and one ended up dead.

Since it has no bearing on the whether or not the shoot was good, it is a moot point, a red herring, a bright shiny object that captures the attention of those to obtuse to discern the pertinent issues. Your if/then statement indicates that you are focused on the bright shiny object ("real, real, slow"...lol).

I agree that it has no bearing on a good/bad shoot, that was never my intent. I'm pointing out that by acting stupid you can get killed real fast in todays world.

Since you think I'm too ignorant too understand the pertinent issue let's try this. The shooter had just suffered a felonious battery as defined by Florida law, and I can imagine he was in fear for his life. I believe age comes into play here with fear. Someone blindsides you that you never saw and find yourself on the pavement, the shooter is probably disoriented at this point. He sees a guy bigger and younger by 20 some years standing there and his reflexes probably aren't very fast to process what all happened. His brain might never have registered the guy was backing up, he was scared and he shot as fast as he could, even if it looks turtle like slow to us. Right/wrong a jury would have to decide but age is a factor among many other things. As far as deadly weapons, hands and feet kill a lot of people every year, especially when the attacker is much younger than the victim.

A felonious assault as defined by FL law is one with a weapon, sex assault, or inflicting serious injury. How does this assault fit into that category?

When the assailant started moving backward, the assault was over...whether or not the gun had already been pulled. If the assailant had a deadly weapon in his hand, that changes the entire analysis. But he didn't.

The decision is the prosecutors and apparently he abdicated. However, even if the charge wouldn't have been indicted by grand jury, it still deserves to be front of them for decision.

I suppose if you boil it down and try to find a beginning cause, you would be correct. However, I disagree with this assessment. I believe the guy should have never confronted her to begin with. Again, he was armed and therefore should have avoided initiating any confrontation. Call the police. That's one of the reasons we pay them. The guy should have confirmed the lady was parked illegally and let the proper authorities handle it. He wanted to play cop.

...what caliber do y’all reckon that was ? ...looked like that biggin was going to just walk it off there for a second

I may start a handicapped parking spot patrol...

Marty make sure your packin.

I'm thinking not very large. There was no shock affect, the guy just walked off. Now obviously it depends where he was hit but still..... I'm thinking .380 or .38

If that guy was huntin illegal handicapped spot parkers I bet he had a .45 at least....maybe more.

Depends on wether it was open season or depredation only...I can’t speak for Florida , but judging from all the controversy...I’d say it was an outside of open season offense

By the report the shooter was 47. That's not that old.

He looks older but for a guy that obviously likes confrontations I don't buy into him being slow and frail.

My guess he is a flunky out of some law enforcement academy and thinks he has authority over others.

Anyone that confronts me acting like that would get told to go pound sand somewhere else.

I heard he is a combat wounded/decorated vet who was tired of thugs always parking in the only handicapped spot at that store.

One problem with your take is would he have started to back away if the guy hadn't had a gun??? You guys need to think about that . As for the black guy having a deadly weapon that has no bearing on CCW laws. I think it reads if you are in imminent danger. NO mention that how or what is causing the danger