If you’ve decided to carry a firearm, you’ve undoubtedly thought about the reality of having to use it to defend yourself. You’ve thought about how you need to train, what kind of ammunition best fits your defensive needs and which holster will best fit your gun, body type and preferred method of carry. There’s more to armed self-defense than just these things though.

Once the threat to your life ends, the most difficult part of the process is often just beginning. There’s a lot that happens following a self-defense shooting. Most people don’t realize these are not just possibilities but hard realities.