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Today’s Post of the Day involves a use-of-force case out of Indianapolis (hosting the NRA Annual Meeting in just a couple of months, say hello if you see me there!). The “journalist” who wrote this post appears confounded by the relatively straightforward application of Indiana self-defense law, which is, of course, the norm. Unfortunately, Chief […]

Just a quick Post of the Day this Saturday morning, as I came across yet another “news” article that continues to propagate yet another false use-of-force narrative by the racial grievance industrial complex. This “news” post was by the Daily Memphian, whose catchphrase is—I kid you not—”truth in place.”   The “journalist” is one Yolanda Jones,

Today’s Post of the Day highlights yet another example of the dangers of assuming that a person actually understands self-defense law simply because of their job title. In this particular case that person happens to be a New York State Trooper, but this caution applies to literally everybody—judges, lawyers, firearms instructors, everybody. Note that I’m

This Case of the Week involves an acquittal in a murder case out of Louisiana that provides a real-time illustration of the difference between the application of what I refer to as “hard” Stand-Your-Ground provisions versus “soft” Stand-Your-Ground provisions. (Details here are as reported by The Advocate and other news sources.) The facts of the

Today’s Post of the Day involves a video clip forwarded to me by a member of the Law of Self Defense Community (thanks, Frank S.!) that involves a gentleman who brought a hammer to a fistfight. This video clip provides a good opportunity to illustrate a particular facet of the element of proportionality—one of the

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

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

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