In July of 2015 there was a shooting on a beach on the Big River south of St Louis. All that's really known is there was a confrontation, one man shot another, and that the shooter claimed self defense and no charges were filed.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_cd5e7bf7-57bd-56ed-b7f0-c08b12af72f6.html
Now, a little more then a year later the mother of the "victim" (who knows who is the real victim here) is pushing for charges to be filed.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...tent=7879ACA3FCF356F41DEA6B5339292ED9726C1F14
The take away for all of us here is that when a verbal conflict escalates into a use of force, the issue of if it was really self defense is often not clear at all.
All that's known for sure is that a little more then a year after that day at the beach, this is still hanging over Michael Kovach Jr's head.
The article doesn't paint a very nice picture of Kovach, but it's printed in an anti gun/anti self defense newspaper.
It's almost always the best idea not to engage in a verbal altercation while armed.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_cd5e7bf7-57bd-56ed-b7f0-c08b12af72f6.html
Now, a little more then a year later the mother of the "victim" (who knows who is the real victim here) is pushing for charges to be filed.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...tent=7879ACA3FCF356F41DEA6B5339292ED9726C1F14
The take away for all of us here is that when a verbal conflict escalates into a use of force, the issue of if it was really self defense is often not clear at all.
All that's known for sure is that a little more then a year after that day at the beach, this is still hanging over Michael Kovach Jr's head.
The article doesn't paint a very nice picture of Kovach, but it's printed in an anti gun/anti self defense newspaper.
It's almost always the best idea not to engage in a verbal altercation while armed.