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If you watched yesterday’s video we talked at length about how virtually all the readily available sources of information about defense of property law are bad sources of information—and that includes sources who you might reasonably expect to be well-informed, such as most lawyers, most cops, most firearms instructors, and sad to say even sources […]

Hey folks, Attorney Andrew Branca here from Law of Self Defense, where we help make you hard to convict, and I’m afraid I’ve got some very bad news … but don’t worry, I’ve got some very exiting news, too. First, the bad news: Just about everything you currently know about defense of property is almost

Today’s post is a bit different than most, and quite a bit longer—it’s the replay of my recent guest appearance on the CCW Safe podcast, and it runs just under an hour long. Enjoy my interview and take another step along your journey to be hard to convict! Also, don’t forget our upcoming Law of

This post is prompted by a news report of a home defense in Arkansas just yesterday that stands as a nice contrast to the home defense case in Maryland that I wrote about this past Monday. The difference in law between the two states? Arkansas law creates a legal presumption of lawful use of defensive

Today’s post is prompted by a good friend of Law of Self Defense, and myself, Sean D. Sorrentino, over on his Facebook page. He shares a body cam video of a dog attacking a police officer, with the officer feeling compelled to shoot the dog. The question then posed is whether this use of force

Today’s post is prompted by a news story of a California man facing possible murder charges in Italy over the stabbing death of an Italian policeman in what appears to be a drug deal gone bad. One throw-away line in the news story reminded me that many people misunderstand how a legal defense like self-defense

Today’s post is prompted by news of a police-involved shooting that took place in Indiana, and the prosecutor’s report explaining why the officers’ use-of-force was lawful. As always it’s useful to review such official reports and their analysis—and this one is embedded in today’s post for your reading pleasure—to see how the authors address the

Today’s post is prompted by a news story about a recent shooting in an ex-burb of Baltimore in which a homeowner shot and killed a man attempting to unlawfully and forcibly enter the home. Authorities are now deciding whether to prosecute the homeowner. Notably, Maryland lacks any legal presumption of reasonableness in the context of

This post is prompted by several stories published recently by the NRA’s “Armed Citizen” column that appear to model what is actually criminal conduct, as the Armed Citizen stories do far too often. If you’re learning self-defense law from the Armed Citizen column, you’re learning how to make yourself easy to convict. Earlier this week,

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