Study: Charges filed in Self-Defense Shootings in 2014
I ran across this article on Guns.com pertaining a study of charges filed in self-defense shooting situations. While the article is a year old, I think it has some decent information and was worth sharing. Here’s a snippet from the article:
Of the 146 cases which we were able to determine whether charges had been filed, only about 10 percent – 15 cases – ended in legal ramifications. However, three of those 15 were miscellaneous charges, such as discharging a firearm within city limits or possession of a weapon, instead of charges pertaining directly to employing the weapon against another person. The remaining 131 cases did not or were not expected to result in any charges.
The rest of the article can be found here.
