States reduce penalties for drivers who strike protesters — a threat cited in hundreds of police shootings - The Washington Post

... In some ways, states are applying the same logic to cars that they apply to firearms: Use one to defend yourself in a moment of crisis and it's okay. Aim it at a police officer and you risk being shot to death. But that invites an extension of the analogy. A Rand Corp. study found that states with "stand your ground" laws allowing residents to use firearms in self-defense were states that had more firearm homicides. Allowing people to use guns to kill in some circumstances correlated with more people using guns to kill...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/23/states-reduce-penalties-drivers-who-strike-protesters-a-threat-cited-hundreds-police-shootings/