He used his retired authority in the wrong way. Now he should face the music like the average citizen. He should absolutely be charged on all accounts and face his dire consequences. HE IS CERTAINLY NOT ABOVE ANY LAW IN THE UNITED STATES.

Until anybody actually goes on a bear hunt with dogs I wouldn't make comments about dog hunting. The guns stay in the truck until the dogs get the bear stopped, (bayed or treed). Then a bear hunter goes to the bear usually very deep in the thickest part of the woods, sometimes crawling down the actual paths made by bear and other game. This journey usually is never close to the trucks. There is over 33k acres of game land in Bladen County, that's plenty of room to hunt with dogs or still hunt. Both types of hunting done by tax payers that both have the right to enjoy the game lands. If you buy a couple acres adjoining this game land expect an occasional hunt dog on your property. There are plenty of laws on hunting and trespassing and if you think any of these laws are being ignored than call the game warden or sheriffs dept. Don't take the law into your own hands and approach somebody on a public road with a concealed weapon and the intent of confrontation.

Self-defense seems unlikely when you arrived with a gun. No offense to the victims, I happen to know them and they're good folks, but they're also BIG folks...if you needed to defend yourself you could run away from them at a slow jog. Shooting them wouldn't be necessary...

Also, once you've got a drawn gun you intend to kill someone. I would think the guys WITHOUT drawn guns needed to act in self defense, not the other way around...

But I wasn't there, so I'll let the authorities sort it out. Which probably would have been a better option than shooting two people from the start...

Sounds like the landowner left his property and confronted the victims on a public road instead of letting the sheriff do it and then shot them after the conversation that he initiated didn't go his way. Fact: it happened on a public road, not on private property.

It sounds like the so-called victims were assaulting the landowner and attempting to wrestle a gun from him. Sounds like self-defense to me.

So if no charges are filed I'll use this as precedent when I confront the homeless people living behind my property? I can shoot them? All I have to do is maintain they have been a problem for years (check), have been told to vacate land that does not belong to me (check). Cite them as breaking some obscure law (check! illegal camping etc..)

Regardless of whether they live in the county or not or you told them to move along. These people were shot on a public road. If they were breaking a law they should have been confronted by the police not someone who is obviously not thinking clearly.

Why isn't this guy being charged? Trespassing, physical altercation, all that aside he shot someone plain and simple. Charge him and send it to the judge.

you cannot use deadly force to protect property from trespassers. cowboy ex trooper needs to be put down, he created the confrontation.

Are you sure these are the people we want guarding our schools? bang bang freeze don't move.

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