As discussed above, you have the right to defend yourself in your home, your car and pretty much anywhere else you have the right to be without duty to back down. If a shooting is deemed justifiable in the eyes of the law, there is little chance anyone can come after you for civil liability.

And for all this, as long as you aren't involved with a gang, aren't involved in drugs, aren't involved in human smuggling and don't get into a domestic violence situation, there's a very low chance you will ever be a victim of gun violence here.

The government in Arizona figures, right or wrong, that criminals weren't following any of these laws to begin with, so they leveled the playing field for those who do.

John B.