Podcasts

Hey folks, This episode of the Law of Self Defense After Action Analysis Show covers two videos of interest. The first video is of a dog attack on a child in a church parking lot, and her parents, and bystanders’, efforts to free the child of the dog.  As you might expect, the laws governing […]

Hey folks, This week’s Cases of the Week, for the week ending March 6, 2020, includes the five most important and interesting appellate court decisions (case law) on use-of-force cases in the last week out of the following states: Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania If your state wasn’t in that list, don’t lose interest, you

Hey folks, One of the most common requests we get here at Law of Self Defense is for an audio version of our best-selling book, “The Law of Self Defense, 3rd Edition.” We’ve decided to meet everyone halfway and produce an audio version of an abridged version of the book, which we’re tentatively calling “Law

Hey folks, One of the most common requests we get here at Law of Self Defense is for an audio version of our best-selling book, “The Law of Self Defense, 3rd Edition.” We’ve decided to meet everyone halfway and produce an audio version of an abridged version of the book, which we’re tentatively calling “Law

Hey folks,   One of the most common requests we get here at Law of Self Defense is for an audio version of our best-selling book, “The Law of Self Defense, 3rd Edition.”   We’ve decided to meet everyone halfway and produce an audio version of an abridged version of the book, which we’re tentatively

Hey folks, This episode of the Law of Self Defense After Action Analysis Show covers the video of a father driving with this teenage son and daughter who finds himself surrounded and attacked by a group of what appears to be emotionally disturbed persons (EDPs). The EDPs surround and block the father’s vehicle, pound on

Hey folks, This week’s Cases of the Week for the week ending February 28, 2020 includes the six most important and interesting appellate court decisions (case law) on use-of-force cases in the last week out of the following states: Florida, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia If your state wasn’t in that list, don’t lose

The first rule of a gunfight may well be “have a gun,” and I’ve personally carried a gun for the protection of myself and my family my entire adult life.  That doesn’t, however, mean that the gun is an appropriate solution to every, or even many, apparently dangerous situations. Earlier this week an Illinois FOID-holder

This past Monday’s post covered the case of a Texas man who fired multiple rounds at a fleeing thief he’d discovered stealing from the man’s pickup truck at 2:30 AM.  We covered at some length the law unique to Texas that allows for the use of deadly force in defense of property if all of

Welcome, everyone, to the eight anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin.  It was 8 years ago today that a 17-year-old Travon Martin made a poor victim selection choice and attempted to murder an innocent George Zimmerman. Unfortunately for Trayvon Martin, he demonstrated shockingly poor victim selection skills.  Rather than be an easily murdered unarmed