>When they got to close to us and didn't stop despite loud verbal warnings we fired warning shots, they knew that meant stay away or get shot. The other way of

>When they got to close to us and didn't stop despite loud verbal warnings we fired warning shots, they knew that meant stay away or get shot. The other way of stating this is that you made a direct threat to kill them if they didn't do what you wanted. Outside of a warzone, making such threats is usually illegal.