Attorney Andrew Branca

You’re driving along, your wife in the passenger seat beside you, when a car cuts you off. That driver jumps out with a GUN in HAND as he angrily approaches your vehicle, spewing profanities. You’ve got your own gun in hand, as well. What do YOU do? Shoot that guy in the face? Attempt to […]

Today we’re going to take a look at a video of a fatal shooting out of Cincinnati OH that many on the internets are characterizing as obvious self-defense, but where state prosecutors have charged as murder—and the prosecutors here are probably right, on the legal merits. The reason this killing is likely unlawful rests on

The Second Amendment secures our right to keep and bear arms—at least when it’s not being neutered by home-grown fascists–but does it secure a right to be STUPID with a gun? Join me to watch an utter absence of common sense when it comes to exercising Second Amendment rights, in this particular case while lounging

A Davenport, Iowa police officer shoots dead a 2-year-old Labrador in front of the dog’s family—including the mother, young child, and a young cousin. The officer was never bit, or even so much as scratched, by the dog. Did the officer simply EXECUTE this poor dog? Could there be ANY legal justification for this officer’s

A white police officer shoots a fleeing black suspect—Malachi Williams–in the back, at a moment where the suspect presents no immediate threat to the officer. Worse, the officer’s body worn camera footage shows no apparent indication that the suspect was armed. Is this police shooting of a fleeing, apparently unarmed, black suspect in the back

Last week the Minnesota Supreme Court filed its ruling in the case of State v. Blevins, a case in which the defendant pulled out a machete on a train platform and brandished it at several people. Today we read the DISSENT of that ruling.   We previously read the majority opinion of that ruling HERE.

Two days ago the Minnesota Supreme Court filed its ruling in the case of State v. Blevins, a case in which the defendant pulled out a machete on a train platform and brandished it at several people. The defendant was charged with felony assault, and raised the legal defense of self-defense. At a bench trial

Today I’m going to share with you proof that the tragic shooting death of Sonya Massey at the hands of then-Deputy Sean Grayson was to a reasonable degree of legal certainty a lawful use of deadly force in self-defense. FIRST we’re going to review once again the body worn camera footage of the encounter between