Problemativally, if you are engaged in a criminal enterprise, such as robbing a bank, shooting your partner before he shoots you doesn’t qualify as sanctioned self-defense.
You are considered to have created the situation, like walking into a biker bar and calling them sissies.
Interesting how the lawyer argued he shot the man in self-defense, but plead not guilty to the firearm possession charge.
It seems to me that there should be an exception to “possession by a felon” if the circumstances show self defense against a deadly threat. Something along the lines of, the felon was not in possession until he perceived the deadly threat and armed himself as any reasonable and prudent person would.
But then that opens the can of worms where the felon knows someone is gunning for him, so he starts carrying in anticipation of a confrontation that the police won’t actively protect him from.
One would have to say that Benjamin Jasper Carter does not look like a happy camper.
When one sees prison and gang tattoos one should be alert.