VIDEO: Self-Defense Attorney Andrew Branca: The Reality and Politics of “Stand Your Ground”

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Here’s another video clip from the lengthy interview of yours truly by Glen Evans, of Warrior Men and Self Defense Digest. Here we discuss the legal realities of “Stand Your Ground”, and distinguish between the tactical application of “Stand Your Ground” on the one hand and self-defense immunity laws on the other–two very different legal […]

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AUDIO: Triangle Tactical podcast talks “The Law of Self Defense”

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Lucas Apps and his co-host Ben were kind enough to focus 20 minutes of their Triangle Tactical podcast on “The Law of Self Defense, 2nd Edition”. Their entire podcast is worth listening to (it’s #51 in their series), but I’ve redacted about 20 minutes of the LOSD-specific stuff below. They also offer a $5 discount off

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Trooper Stan W. Scott, No. 3 Army Commandos, on the proper use of the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting knife

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Hey folks, This post doesn’t involve the law of self-defense, but was so purely awesome I felt compelled to share it with you. I came across this video at the fantastic blog, “No Lawyers, Only Guns & Money”, and I am “stealing” it to post here.  But seriously, check out their blog, it’s just great. Anyway,

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“The Crisis: These are the times that try men’s souls.” — Thomas Paine

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“The Crisis” by Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776 THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not

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VIDEO: Range Rover Deliberately Runs Over Motorcyclists–Justifiable Self-Defense?

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I’ve been asked numerous times now to do a blog post about the incident in New York in which the driver of a Land Rover ran over several motorcyclists, seriously injuring at least one of them, and was then pursued and badly beaten by the riders. So, here it is . . . (Full disclosure:

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Kind Words of Praise from Mas Ayoob

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I’ve long been a subscriber to the Glock Talk forum, a particularly high-quality and well-run gun forum, but with LOSD Seminars every other weekend and numerous LOSD state-specific books in the works I just don’t have much time these days for visiting any forums. I was fortunate, then, that a friend alerted me to the

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. . . because a restraining order is just a piece of paper.

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This was sent to me by my little sister: May none of our daughters ever be reliant for their personal safety on the flimsy hope that a person of known violent character will defer their natural reactions at the instruction of “just a piece of paper.” ––Andrew, @LawSelfDefense Andrew F. Branca is an MA lawyer

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VIDEO: Self-Defense Attorney Branca Interview: No-shoot Scenario Training, Specialized Knowledge Evidence

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Hey folks, Glen Evans , of Warrior Men, was kind enough to send me a bunch more video clips of his recent interview of me.  They’re each pretty brief, around 5 minutes each, and cover some interesting facet of self-defense and the law. In the clip below, we discuss the importance of integrating into training

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South Carolina Father Wins Self-Defense Immunity in Shooting of Bystander

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Hey folks, A father in South Carolina who fired his handgun in self-defense–and in the process killing an apparent innocent bystander–has successfully argued that he is not subject to criminal or civil liability under the state’s self-defense immunity law. South Carolina’s self-defense immunity statute–§16-11-450. Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil actions; law enforcement officer exception;

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Florida Senate “Stand Your Ground” panel advocates for lawsuits against people who lawfully defend themselves

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The Orlando Sentinel reports that an ad hoc Florida state Senate panel, drawn together specifically to advocate changes to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, has emerged to announce that there should be changes to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The key change sought by the panel is to impose limits on the immunity from civil

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