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There have been a number of use-of-force cases in the news lately involving people who used deadly force in defense of mere personal property.  These news stories include the case of a Nebraska woman who last month shot a shoplifter, a Minnesota man who earlier this year shot a car thief, and a Memphis man […]

Today’s post is primarily a replay of our most recent episode of “Calling the Shots,” our weekly show in which we do real-time legal analysis of use-of-force events caught on video. In this week’s episode we analyze: An execution-style shooting in a pharmacy robbery The thwarted robbery of a liquor store A defender who empties

I know you’ll all be shocked to learn this, but it seems that the racial grievance industrial complex is once against lying to our faces about the police shooting of a violent, gun-armed black suspect. On August 3, 2019, two white Colorado Springs police officers shot and killed a black suspect, De’Von Bailey. The shooting

Today’s post is a replay of my guest appearance this past weekend on Armed America Radio, hosted by Mark Walters. It seems likely that this will be the first of many appearances on Armed America Radio, something to which I’m really looking forward. Before we get to the recording of my appearance this past weekend

Michael Drejka, the Florida man who shot and killed Markeis McGlockton after being physically attacked by McGlockton in a dispute over a handicap parking spot, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison, following his conviction in August of manslaughter. This case always seemed to me to be sufficiently ambiguous that an acquittal was very

Today’s post is a replay of yesterday’s airing of our weekly self-defense law analysis program, “Calling the Shots,” hosted by our partner Alien Gear Holsters. In this week’s episode of “Calling the Shots” we analyzed the legal dynamics of use-of-force events captured on the four following videos: NYC Subway OC/Knife Fight LA Realtor Attach Knife

Today’s post is prompted by a news story out of the Nashville area in which an off-duty member of Nashville EMT, who also happens to be an ex-NFL player, decided to go to his gun in response to some malcontents doing ring-and-runs at his home, and other residences in the neighborhood. If you’re guessing that

I received two notices today regarding the NRA. One notice was forwarded to me by a member of the NRA Carry Guard program, notifying them that their Carry Guard coverage had been cancelled. The other notice was received by me personally, directly from the NRA, and suggesting the organization is badly in need of re-alignment

I always urge folks to have a well-diversified self-defense “toolbox,” meaning specifically to not rely solely on a gun as your only means of self-defense. FBI/DOJ crime statistics tell us we’re 5x more likely to be faced with a non-deadly threat against which only non-deadly defensive force is appropriate than we are a deadly threat.

One of the most common questions we get here at Law of Self Defense is whether stores that prohibit lawfully possessed firearms on their premises also assume liability for harm that results because their patrons are disarmed. In other words, if the patrons leave their guns at home, as the store requires, and a criminal