Armed woman: 'I'm tired of people tailgating me'
Authorities say Bernadette Houghton Headd had an explanation for them when she was arrested on charges of pulling out a handgun and firing at another car:
"I'm tired of people tailgating me," she told police.
Headd, 39, of Macomb Township was charged Thursday in 41-B District Court with assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle and using a firearm during a felony. She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
People, there are only three reasons why you may use deadly force to protect yourself from harm. They are:
1. a reasonable and honest belief that you are about to suffer imminent Death
2. a reasonable and honest belief that you are about to suffer imminent grievous bodily harm
3. a reasonable and honest belief that you are about to suffer imminent forcible sexual penetration.
Suffering imminent tailgating did not make the list.
Headd, who you can see from her picture on the Detroit Free Press site, and from her actions does not appear to be the sharpest tool in the shed to say the least, clearly did not absorb this basic rule of the use of deadly force and certainly deserves a very stiff punishment and should never be allowed to carry a firearm again.
Luckily her aim was as bad as her judgment and no one was hurt.
Tailgating sucks, and can be horrendously dangerous in bad conditions, but it is not grounds for using deadly force.
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