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rotor wrote: How would one even find a suitable lawyer to retain? I don't have any idea. Tough issues but obviously we all need a plan beforehand as to what to do in the worst case scenario. I think that is how these prepaid legal services prosper because they claim to be experts in gun law. Perhaps they are.

You can look at reviews for attorneys and their firms, that is a place to start. Then you call and ask exactly what they would do if you need them. Do you have 24/7 access to an attorney? Will one show up quickly to the scene of the shooting? Can they answer any of your gun and self-defense questions quickly, without having to look things up, have they been defending cases such as these before? Prepaid service or the insurance plans are not a bad way to go, nothing is perfect, but they are better than nothing. But you can also go another route by picking your own law firm and attorney. My only point is assume you will need legal help, just be prepared for it, that is all, don’t put your head in the sand and think everything will just work out ok. The other thing is be completely prepared for exactly what you will do, who will you call, what will you say, what pictures/video of the scene will you take, etc. I have several LEO in my family and respect them greatly, however if you are involved in a shooting the 911 operator and police on the scene are not your friends, they are not on your side.

Talk to any independent expert on the subject, and they all agree. If you don’t assume you will need legal assistance if you every need to defend yourself then you are making a mistake. I seriously doubt anyone who claims not to be worried about needing legal help in that situation has any actual facts to back them up. There are plenty of legal and/or insurance services to choose from, and if you have the funds you can put a good attorney on retainer. I would be very surprised if anyone with actual assets to protect would advise you to just not worry about it.

The probability of anyone of us actually needing to fire our weapon in justified self-defense is extremely low, so low in fact that it is one of the reasons that the vast majority of people don’t bother carrying. However, the probability of needing serious legal help if you do use your weapon is very high, and this is based on facts, not opinions. So someone will recommend that you carry a gun for self-defense for a really tiny chance you might need it, and at the same time they will recommend that you don’t take adequate steps to protects yourself and your family’s assets for the high probability that you will need legal help? Ridiculous.