title: AFTERMATH: Lessons In-Self Defense: What To Expect When the Shooting Stops
author: Jim Fleming
description: Jim Fleming, is a former police officer, a practicing attorney with thirty-two years of experience in handling criminal trials and civil tort litigation. He has served as an expert witness for other attorneys in more than a dozen homicide and firearm related cases and is one of the founders of Mid-Minnesota Self-Defense, Inc. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network and on the Legal Panel for CCW Safe. He has provided continuing legal education to attorneys across the county on the issues that arise in handling self-defense cases.
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  NO SAFE PLACE
  
  
  The Polish cop scuttled over to us, dragging his PM-98 submachinegun around to
  point it down the street. He almost pointed it at Scott’s back; he was still
  rattled, and I saw with a glance that he had his partner’s blood spattered
  across his face. I grabbed his muzzle and forced it down, just as the
  terrorist behind the Lada popped out and fired at us, the muzzle blast kicking
  up a bit of snow as bullets smacked into the van above our heads.
  
  
  Scott opened fire right then, but I couldn’t look. I shoved the Polish cop
  farther behind the box truck to get him some cover, while I dropped flat
  behind the rear tire, punching my pistol out with both hands, finding the
  sights and letting my breath out with a cloud of steam. The terrorist was only
  showing his head and a bit of his shoulders.
  
  
  There was enough glare coming off the snow that I had to squint one eye. The
  PR-15’s initial double-action trigger pull felt like it weighed a hundred
  pounds as I dragged the trigger