Application to Join OpSD What are the criteria that constitute a worthy submission?
If the story you find meets the following requirements, then it should be sent in for consideration. • The self-defender used a firearm to defend life, liberty or property. • The use of force was a reasonable solution to the situation, from the point-of-view of the self-defender. • The self defender was morally right to use force to stop the threat. (Yes, this does require a “value judgment.”) Be sure that you don’t shy away from stories in which the self defender was charged with a crime. In some areas of our “free country” there are so many anti-rights district attorneys trying to make a name for themselves, charges are first handed down and later dropped. In fact, it may be that we can help the people who are wrongfully charged in some cases. Hypothetical Examples: A woman is walking in a national park and is attacked by a cougar. She shoots it dead, but is charged with illegal possession and discharge of a firearm on federal property. A principal runs to his car in his school’s par
