The Garner police responded to a break-in in progress at a home on Nellane Drive. Whitaker told them one of the prowlers had fired a shot at him and he retuned fire with his shotgun.
Despite the fact that he was trying to protect himself, police cited Whitaker, 26, of Nellane Drive for violating the gun ordinance.
The use of a weapon for self defense is and always has been a exception to the "no shooin' guns in the city" law. Why Garner NC does not have such an exception in their law is beyond me. But the officers, sherrif, and DA should know better than to arrest him for it. What's that line that the DAs always use? "We ahve determined that it does not serve the interest of the people to prosecute"
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