Under the common law licensed firearm holders can only use their weapons in cases where they have evidence of a demonstrable threat of bodily harm, according to House Speaker and attorney Raphael Trotman.
Trotman told Stabroek News that the law was clear on the issue, explaining that the discharging of a weapon was legally acceptable when “a person has threatened you but has demonstrated a capacity to cause you bodily harm… the person may be armed with a stick, a firearm, a knife or something like that.”
He said that it was not enough cause
