It was not very many years ago that the common refrain echoed by the media for any self defense shooting was that the police advised against “taking the law into your own hands” and the obligatory “leave it to the professionals”. It is hard to know how much of this was from real police attitudes, and how much was from what the media wished to portray as police attitudes, but it was what was commonly seen. Over the last two decades, that has changed. Now, we commonly hear: “Homeowners have a right to defend themselves; you …read more

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