Posted May 10, 2018 4:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

There are statistics out there that argue you’re more likely to be shot if you have a gun in the house. It’s a scary statistic, but one that ultimately ignores many key facts. For one, it doesn’t differentiate between law-abiding gun owners and criminals.

For another, it counts all of these shootings as the same, failing to note cases where one family member shoots another family member in self-defense, cases like one that recently happened in Louisiana.

Shreveport police are investigating after a man reportedly shot his son in the leg behind a clinic Tuesday morning.

It happened just before 8 a.m. in the parking lot behind the Specialists Health System in 1500 block of Line Avenue.

According to a Shreveport detective on scene, 71-year-old Felton Downing and his son 42-year-old Duawn Downing were having a dispute in the parking lot when Duawn charged toward his dad.

Investigators say Duawn made verbal threats to kill his father while strangling him.

That’s when Felton says he tried to fire a warning shot in self-defense and ended up shooting his son in the leg.

That ended the threat and, unfortunately, adds to any statistics saying you’re more likely to be shot if there’s a gun in …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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