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Yes. Cops equate "gun" with "crime" most of the time. It's an old school police academy teaching that needs to be done with already.
You will get held at gun point, a knee in your back, handcuffed, searched, and ID'ed in most cases if you have just shot and killed someone. Self defense in our minds is still a homicide, regardless.
Then if things aren't clear enough your taken into questioning either at the station or the back of the squad car depending. By one, two, or three officers to see if the stories match each time.
Your gun is taken away 99.9% of the time. It's nearly impossible to get back. It can take as fast as 6 months to a year. Or as long as never. And when you get it back it's engraved with a serial number from the department's evidence roster.
That's after you're cleared of criminal and civil charges.
Then you could have the internal struggle of second guessing. So it's a crappy situation all around.
The best gun fight is the one we avoid.
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