Regarding that particular incident, I'm a little confused how she was acting in self defense when she was quoted saying,puma guy wrote:The author attempts to obfuscate the facts to strengthen the lead in of concern about increased homicides. The decedant had a gun in his waistband. The reporter offers no information as to how the young lady would get into a struggle with the guy. We only know it was ruled justifiable. I can imagine all sorts of scenarios where she was in fear of her life from a guy who had a gun on him. I don't think it's an indictment of CHL. The comment about the "alarming trend" of self defense is alarming in itself.
She didn't say he threatened anyone with the gun. In fact,“Once I saw the gun, I just went at him to take the gun away,” Rios told police. “I don't know how I took it away but I did, and when I did, I shot right at him.”
So, It seems to me that, while he may have been failing to conceal or illegally possessing the gun in the first place, she attacked him, took his gun away, and shot him with his own gun.It was Rios, 21, who would fatally shot Champion, 20, after the two struggled over a gun in his waistband.
Hopefully, there are many more facts not mentioned in this article that led to this being labelled as justifiable.