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Assistant Professor of Theater, Bowdoin College.

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From Self-Defense to Self-Deputization: Defensive Gun Use and the Performance of Reasonable Belief

Posted by on January 7, 2022

 In the past decade, three high-profile trials have revolved around a seemingly straightforward question: can a person take a gun to a location where they are reasonably sure that there will be volatility and even violence, introduce that firearm into a fight, shoot someone in the course of that fight, and then claim self-defense because […]