Man With Outstanding Warrants Attempts To Assault Gun Owner — Now He’s Got Two More Charges And A Gunshot Wound

By James England

CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE — A woman was forced to defend herself after she reasonably feared for her life and well-being following a man attempting to assault her. According to Chattanooga police, Dieshunn Lindsey first tried to stop her outside her apartment. When she tried to retreat, he pursued her and was shot.

Police have not charged the woman with any wrongdoing. Lindsey, the suspect in this case, already had outstanding warrants for his arrest in an unrelated case. Now he has another felony charge and reckless endangerment on top of the previous ones.

The Times Free Press did not mention whether the woman had a permit to carry a concealed handgun but, in Tennessee, the right to defend one’s self comes first. In a much older story, we covered a felon who shot an armed robber attempting to rob a clerk in a convenience store. Despite the man’s legal inability to possess a firearm, Knoxville police did not charge the man with possession of a firearm.

Tennessee is one of the states that truly respects an individual’s right to defend his or her life from an imminent threat. And, when dealing with a known fugitive with outstanding warrants, Lindsey really …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation