By Dean Weingarten
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- In what is probably a statistical quirk, five of eleven homicides in 2015 have been self defense shootings.
Newspapers calling them ‘victims‘ seems a little odd when the people shot were the aggressors.
Of the 11 homicide “victims” so far this year, five have been killed by civilians or security guards in shootings Tulsa police have deemed self-defense. For comparison’s sake, only eight such homicides occurred in all of 2014, and six of those involved Tulsa police officers. Tulsa police have not been involved in a shooting yet this year.
“It’s been an odd year,” Walker said. “I’m sure it will even out over the next 12 months, but, yeah, … it’s been odd.”
Two of the five were armed robbers shot in self defense in a gunfight with a convenience store clerk in January. The other two robbery suspects involved were later arrested. Of the other three self defense shootings, two were by security guards firing at people in vehicles, and one was a domestic self defense shooting of a man by his wife.
The 60-year-old man and his 63-year-old-wife were living together when it happened, even though the wife had a restraining order against the husband at the time.
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About Dean Weingarten;
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.