Yes the idiot did have a
permit to carry.
http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/022307/loc_roadrage001.shtml
A Macomb Township female motorist is accused of pulling out a 9mm pistol and firing at another driver Wednesday on Interstate 94 in Harrison Township.
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Bernadette Houghton Headd, 39, appeared for arraignment Thursday at 41B District Court on felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and a felony firearms charge, in the exchange with a 46-year-old New Baltimore man.
Officials said Headd, who has no prior felony record and has a current and valid permit to carry a concealed weapon in Macomb County, apparently got frustrated when the other driver tailgated her on westbound I-94, south of Hall Road.
"She indicated to us she just had it with other drivers getting right up behind her vehicle. There must have been others before," Capt. Anthony Wickersham explained. He said police later stopped Headd's car and found her in possession of the firearm.
It happened around 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, police said, as both drivers were en route to work. Officials said Headd got on the freeway at Hall Road and was heading west in her 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier, when the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck pulled up close behind her.
At some point her vehicle came alongside his, police explained, and she drew her 9mm automatic pistol for which
she carries a concealed weapons permit. She allegedly fired one shot in the direction of the pickup's tires, but officials believe she didn't hit anything.
The other driver pulled off the freeway at the Metropolitan Parkway exit and flagged down a Macomb County Sheriff's patrol car.
The deputy then caught up to Headd's car, found the weapon inside and made an arrest.
"We went out looking for the (gunshot) round along the roadway, but that was a morning with a lot of fog," Wickersham recalled.
When a person licensed to carry a gun is accused of using it to commit a crime, the permit is automatically suspended pending a revocation hearing while the criminal case is pending, explained William Harding, an assistant prosecutor and member of the county's gun board.
While police and prosecutors still must prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in court, Harding said the gun board doesn't have to hold such a high standard of evidence in deciding her gun privileges.
"We're obligated to suspend (the permit) from the moment we're notified of the allegation and schedule a hearing," Harding said. "Any felony conviction would automatically mean a lifetime removal from her permit. But not getting a felony conviction doesn't mean we would have to give (her permit) back."
If Headd is convicted as charged, she could face up to a total of six years in prison and an automatic revocation of her gun privileges. If the case is pleaded down to a misdemeanor, Harding said, it would result in either a 3-year revocation or 8-year revocation of the concealed weapons permit status depending on the crime.
"For any weapon-related misdemeanor, it would in all likelihood be the 8-year situation," he said.
Headd awaits a preliminary examination March 8, and remains jailed in lieu of a $50,000 cash/surety bond. She has requested a court-appointed attorney to defend her against the charges.
