A Critical View of Self-Defense Law Scholarship

By / March 6, 2023

On February 14, 2023, Dr. T. Markus Funk, PhD, published a 10-page paper entitled “Busting the Durable Myth That US Self-Defense Law is Uniquely Harsh.” That paper is the subject of today’s LIVE show. Dr. Funk is a former federal prosecutor, US State Department Section Chief, and has taught at such esteemed academic institutions as …

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The Consequences of Non-Compliance?

By / February 20, 2023

This past Friday a Paulding GA Sheriff’s Office dash camera video was released of the March 4, 2022 arrest of burglary suspect Tyler Canaris. Deupties were responding to calls that a person matching the description of Canaris was attempting to break into neighborhood cars during the dark hours of that early morning. When Canaris was …

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Tucker Carlson FAILS on Self-Defense Law!

By / February 20, 2023

This past week Tucker Carlson–whose work I generally admire–did a segment on the right of self-defense, referencing several recent self-defense cases in the news. Unfortunately, Tucker’s grasp of self-defense law can only be described as tenuous at best, and his ability to apply self-defense law to actual encounters to be lacking in objectivity. The result …

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Legal Analysis: Alec Baldwin Manslaughter Charge!

By / February 5, 2023

On January 31, 2023, New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed a statement of probable cause for involuntary manslaughter in the October 21, 2021 shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of low-budget western movie “Rust.” My own legal analysis of that event, beginning the day following the shooting, had 13 months …

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Alec Baldwin Statement of Probable Cause

By / January 31, 2023

Here’s the just-filed Alec Baldwin statement of probable cause charging him with involuntary manslaughter.  I note in passing that one might also imagine that the author of this probable cause statement had thoroughly read my own series of legal analysis of this tragedy, which began the day after the shooting.

Legal Analysis: The Death of Tyre Nichols WAS NOT MURDER!

By / January 30, 2023

Tyre Nichols died three days after violently resisting his January 7, 2023 arrest by the Memphis police department. This past Friday, video of that arrest was released. Now five Memphis police officers have been fired and are facing charges of murder. Not that it should matter, but the five officers as well as Nichols are …

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Chauvin Appeal Argued!

By / January 25, 2023

On Wednesday, January 18 the Minnesota Court of Appeals heard oral argument on Derek Chauvin’s appeal from his conviction in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted in Minnesota state court of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter (note that all of these are unintentional forms of unlawful killing, what most states …

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The Police Shooting of Jason Kloepfer

By / January 24, 2023

In the early morning hours of December 13, 2022 a heavily armed Cherokee County NC Sheriff’s SWAT team arrived that the trailer home of Jason Kloepfer and Alison Mahler, and began shouting orders at the couple sleeping inside. Awakened, Kloepfer and Mahler stumbled to the door of their trailer, and opened to shouted commands. Quickly, …

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Five CRAZY Use-of-Force Events

By / January 23, 2023

Today I cover five crazy use-of-force events reported in recent weeks from around the country. Sadly, these crazy use-of-force events aren’t as unusual as a reasonable person might wish, but at least they provide the Law of Self Defense community with a learning opportunity. NEW! Law of Self Defense ADVANCED Class! This is our full-day …

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