In this week’s Law of Self Defense Show we started a new occasional segment entitled “Self-Defense Law Terms That Don’t Mean What You (Probably) Think They Mean.” We also announced a flash 50% off sale on our state-specific Law of Self Defense LEVEL 1 Classes for the states of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, and South […]
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The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona has released, under court order, the body camera footage of Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Wells, who stopped accused ISIS knife attacker Ismail Hamed the old-fashioned way—by demonstrating once again why it’s not a good idea to bring a knife to a gunfight. Hamed now stands charged by Arizona authorities
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Today’s Post of the Day involves the police response to an armed robbery by a career criminal in New York City two days ago that resulted in the death of a police Detective and the wounding of police Sergeant, as reported by the New York Post and other news sources. As it would turn out
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This Case of the Week is about a police use-of-force event in California this past Saturday night in which six police officers shot and killed a suspect, as reported by The Hill, which in turn cites The Guardian. (Hat tip to Tim G. on Facebook for forwarding me this story.) What’s notable about the post,
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This week’s Law of Self Defense Show is a Q&A episode, in which we address selected questions and scenarios submitted for our consideration by email to show@lawofselfdefense.com. Questions we address this week include: 1. “Using a handgun to fight way to long gun, in context of home defense.” 2. “Instructor liability for conduct of student; different
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This Post of the Day is on a shooting in Cleveland OH in which an armed citizen took it upon himself to intervene in a troublesome traffic stop, apparently absent any request to do so, and ultimately fire four rounds at the suspect as the suspect drove away. Many people have been wondering whether that
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Today’s Post of the Day looks at a purse snatching case out of Nashville this past Monday in which the victim’s husband ended up shooting the thief. Wait a minute, isn’t the use of deadly force in defense of property unlawful? Generally yes, and likely so in this case … but the details matter, and
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