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What complicates this case is the fact that Mr. Bratcher's business license to grow medical Marijuana had lapsed, so the state considered him a drug dealer. Had he made the $100,000 in building improvements needed to maintain his business, he would have been justified in his use of force. But shooting someone that during the commission of a felony (his grow operation), he not afforded that protection.