Ohio Supreme Court Declares Warning Shots Can Be Lawful Self-Defense (Part 2)

In today's Part 2 we read the dissent from Ohio v. Wilson. Ohio man Tyler Wilson got into a gas station verbal argument with one Billy Reffet. The argument escalated to the point that Wilson felt obliged to fire warning shots into the night sky, claiming he'd intended to merely frighten Reffet off, rather than to harm him. Wilson would be charged with attempted murder and felonious assault. At trial he attempted to raise the legal defense of self-defense, but the trial judge rejected that re...