Apparently, some Indianapolis public officials have forgotten how their own self-defense laws work and why they exist in the first place.
In an interview that’s equal parts amusing and alarming, Indiana’s Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears recently lamented an increase in self-defense shootings in Indianapolis.
Mears complained to reporters that shootings involving self-defense claims are challenging to prosecute. This “mean[s] that someone lost their life” and “that case might ultimately be cleared” without the shooter being charged, he said.
Mears also implied that defensive gun users who can’t be prosecuted are just as bad as the criminals they shot, simply by virtue of the fact that both parties were armed.
With all due respect to Mears, the county prosecutor seems to miss the point.
As in virtually every other state, Indiana law justifies the…
