Posted August 23, 2019 2:00 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Siwatu-Salama Ra
Siwatu-Salama Ra

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- This is the case of Siwatu-Salama Ra, who was sentenced to two years in prison after using the display of a gun to protect herself, her mother and her daughter. Ra was pregnant at the time of the event on 16 July, 2017.

The other party involved, Channell Harvey, contacted the police first, three hours before Ra did. The Detroit police assumed that Channell Harvey, the first person reporting the incident, was the victim. This is a common occurrence in law enforcement, which is why there may be a race to the phones to be the first to report an incident to the police.

Channel Harvey had recorded Ra with her phone, showing her displaying her defensive firearm. Ra had a valid Michigan concealed carry permit. Channel was reportedly on probation for felony assault in another case.

Both parties claimed the other had threatened the other. Several organizations, including the Second Amendment Foundation and the NRA, as well as several on the Left, defended Ra’s use of non-deadly force.

At the trial, the judge mistakenly ruled that merely displaying a gun was the use of deadly force. That goes against common sense and several …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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