The USCCA works with attorneys, we are not attorneys. We provide the legal protection benefit for our members when they have to legally defend their physical self-defense actions. You can hear from USCCA Members who have had to utilize their USCCA legal protection benefits here: https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/about/testimonials/
Remember, the legal requirement for self-defense in most states is imminent, unavoidable danger of death or grave bodily harm to an innocent person. Some states require you to retreat before you can defend yourself.
Supposedly the 17 yo purposefully went into a highly volatile situation armed with firearms that he may not legally be able to own (We don’t know all of the details and we won’t until there is/if there is a trial).
When we are legally defending ourselves after a physical self-defense incident we have to be able to articulate why we did what we did. Our actions will most likely be judged by the reasonable person test: what would a reasonable person do in this situation?
Would a reasonable person who wants to protect themselves go into a highly volatile area that has already seen a lot of civil unrest? Would they illegally carry firearms to a volatile area?
This is not a situation I would want any of my family voluntarily going into.
As responsibly armed Americans, we defend ourselves so that we can get home to our families safe and sound. Avoiding volatile areas is one way we can get back home safely.