Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

Am I at fault for drawing a weapon, which was facing down at my side, ordering a neighbor off my property after they came at me with a fence door?

They neighbors are a couple, they were both retrieving a fence that was washed up on the back of my property which is 2.2 acres in size.

I noticed them at the back of my property and that's when I came out to see who it was and what they were doing. I always take my weapon with me when going out on the back of my property because there are usually bobcats or wild dogs out there. When I asked them to leave my property, which they could have done going way from me back towards the street where they had gotten the fence, they proceded towards me with the fence gate in his hand. I then drew my weapon, which is a small darringer handgun and put it at my side and insisted that they left my property. They did and later called the police and a report is being generated. I have no more knowledge of the case.

My question is, am I guilty of a crime here?

The neighbors are embellishing the story of what happened. 1) They said that I pointed the gun at them, 2) That I was twirrling the gun, which my darringer have no ring over the trigger. 3) That I was acting like a cowboy who was crazy, they stated to me, "you're crazy, and I said "yes I'm crazy so get off my property"


Asked on 10/26/09, 12:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

They have their side, and you have yours. No one here knows what happened, though I think you would find that most people would not think positively about a person who would not let a neighbor retrieve something from the yard.

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Answered on 10/31/09, 6:17 pm


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