Attorney Andrew Branca

Hey folks, This week’s Post of the Day notes that today is the 7th Anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day:  the day that Trayvon failed in his effort to murder or maim George Zimmerman, the day that would prove to be Trayvon’s last because of extremely poor victim selection skills and a

Today’s Post of the Day involves a use-of-force case out of Indianapolis (hosting the NRA Annual Meeting in just a couple of months, say hello if you see me there!). The “journalist” who wrote this post appears confounded by the relatively straightforward application of Indiana self-defense law, which is, of course, the norm. Unfortunately, Chief

Just a quick Post of the Day this Saturday morning, as I came across yet another “news” article that continues to propagate yet another false use-of-force narrative by the racial grievance industrial complex. This “news” post was by the Daily Memphian, whose catchphrase is—I kid you not—”truth in place.”   The “journalist” is one Yolanda Jones,

Today’s Post of the Day highlights yet another example of the dangers of assuming that a person actually understands self-defense law simply because of their job title. In this particular case that person happens to be a New York State Trooper, but this caution applies to literally everybody—judges, lawyers, firearms instructors, everybody. Note that I’m

Today’s Post of the Day involves a video clip forwarded to me by a member of the Law of Self Defense Community (thanks, Frank S.!) and provides a good opportunity to illustrate a particular facet of the element of proportionality—one of the five elements of a claim of self-defense—particularly in the context of differentiating the