The court properly denied defendant's request for a charge on the defense of temporary lawful possession. There was no reasonable view of the evidence, viewed most favorably to defendant, to support such an instruction. Regardless of whether defendant came into possession of a pistol in an excusable manner, he "used [it] in a dangerous manner" (People v Williams,
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