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Ahmaud Arbery: For Your Consideration: May 14, 2020 Georgia’s citizens arrest statute: §17-4-60 Grounds for arrest Georgia’s justification statute (including use of force in making lawful arrest): §16-3-20. Justification Georgia’s felony burglary statute §16-7-1. Burglary Georgia’s aggravated assault statute: §16-5-21. Aggravated assault Georgia’s simple assault statute: § 16-5-20. Simple assault Georgia’s open carry statute: § […]

Ahmaud Arbery: GA Citizens Arrest Law: May 12, 2020 Georgia’s citizens arrest statute: §17-4-60 Grounds for arrest Georgia’s felony burglary statute §16-7-1. Burglary Remember: You carry a gun so you’re hard to kill. Know the law so you’re hard to convict! Stay safe! –Andrew Attorney Andrew F. Branca Law of Self Defense LLC Law of

Hey folks, News/Q&A Show: May 7, 2020 Today’s show looked at the shooting death this week of 17-year-old black male Adrien Green by a Florida homeowner who believed that Green was burglarizing his car. Links to the various statutes and videos mentioned in this show can be found below the video. §776.013 Home protection; use or

Hey folks, Today’s After Action Analysis focused on the video released today of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia by two men who claim they were seeking to make a citizens arrest on the reasonable belief that Arbery had just committed or attempted a felony. I mention several statutes and cases in today’s

Hey folks, This week’s Cases of the Week, for the week ending May 1, 2020, takes an unusual focus on just a single appellate court decision, from the Supreme Court of Tennessee, handed down this past Wednesday, April 30.  Normally we’ll review several decisions in each of these episodes, but this particular Tennessee case was packed

Hey folks, On Friday, April 24, 2020 I was interviewed by Sheena Williams on the Art of the Badass podcast. Sheena provides the following description of her self-defense activities: At Krav Maga Salem we are creating a strong, confident and welcoming community in the Salem/Keizer area through practical knowledge, preparation and compassion. We are expanding

Hey folks,   In this week’s News/Q&A show we focus mostly on the suddenly developing story of Ahmaud Arbery out of Georgia, which appears to be the next faux “black man killed by white people for reasons of racial malice” story being developed by the mainstream media, now that their COVID hysteria is winding down.

Hey folks, In this week’s episode of the Law of Self Defense After Action Analysis Show we do a plain-English legal analysis of the police body cam video of the shooting a few days ago of the April 18 shooting death of bat-wielding Steven Taylor by police in a California Walmart. Enjoy the show! Sponsored

Hey folks, This week’s Cases of the Week, for the week ending April 24, 2020, includes the four most important and interesting appellate court decisions (case law) on use-of-force cases in the last week out of the following states: Georgia, Indiana, Montana, and a brief mention of a decision out of Arizona If your state wasn’t