Billy G. v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• holding that public safety exception applied when officer had a reasonable concern that a gun that was tossed away in a mall parking lot could be found by a child
• holding that when the suspect was apprehended near a Sears parking lot and voluntarily stated that he threw his gun away while fleeing, question about location of the gun was prompted by a reasonable concern that the gun might be found and do harm to an innocent child
• it was “of little if any relevance” that weapon possessed by store owner might be used to fend off robbers