So you’ve been involved in a defensive gun use, now what?
It has happened. That event that you always hoped would never occur under your watch: having to use a firearm in self-defense. Whether you had to pull the trigger or not, you now have several things to worry about. Will you be charged? Go to jail? Stripped of your guns? Sued?
As a firearms instructor for both concealed carriers, security and law enforcement over the past couple decades, I spend a lot of my time talking about the proper use of force. Now, force can be anything from just being there and looking at someone all the way up to taking a life. First off, to keep on the side of right, you are never the aggressor. By definition this puts you behind the 8-ball of having to respond to an unjust threat presented to you by no reason of your own. Yes, it sucks, but that’s self-defense.
A good test of if self-defense is justified is the old 3-legs of ability, opportunity, and intent.
Let us talk about that.
