Could Victim of Captain’s Rage Have Legally Used Deadly Force?

Florida Captain Brock Horner of Tarpon Coast Fishing was guiding a group of fisherman in his boat on Tuesday, April 1, when he took offense at the driver of another vessel, 22-year-old Gage Towles. In a fit of rage, Horner boards Towles’ vessel, and acts in a threatening manner. Fortunately for us, the exchange was captured on a camera held by the teenager. The question presented to us at Law of Self Defense is this: What could the Towles’ have done in terms of use-of-force in defense...