DEFENSE TO CARRYING A HANDGUN UNLAWFULLY
GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE "SAFE HARBOUR" LAW

39-17-1322. Defenses

A person shall not be charged with or convicted of a violation under this part if the 
person possessed, displayed or employed a handgun in justifiable self-defense or in 
justifiable defense of another during the commission of a crime in which that person
or the other person defended was a victim.  

[Acts 1994, ch. 943, § 1.]


 
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