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You use deadly defensive force because you believe your attacker is coming at you with a knife in hand, and you kill that aggressor–but it later turns out the “knife” was merely a large, black magic marker. In fact, you were MISTAKEN about the threat you perceived. Does that mistake invalidate your legal justification of […]

Attorney David Betras, a self-described “Super Lawyer” out of Ohio, with claimed expertise in criminal defense law, recently published an opinion piece entitled “Age of dueling returns with ’stand your ground’ gun laws in U.S.” In that article he concludes: “The stand-your-ground law is dangerous enough, it shouldn’t be the avenue for the resurgence of

Yesterday the internet fed my email a whole series of e-articles written by various (purportedly human) authors on the topic of Stand-Your-Ground law in different states. The legal accuracy of these articles ranged from OK to just wrong. It then occurred to me that all these suddenly produced articles on the same topic and of

Father and son farmers in South Carolina have been charged with murder after they killed an armed trespasser who they say was threatening their land and livestock. In today’s show we’ll consider the question whether it’s lawful to kill a simple trespasser, in the context of the news report on this event, as well as

Today’s Law of Self Defense Show answers questions sent into us by our Platinum Members, who have access to a Platinum-only Q&A form for submitting such questions directly to me. Answered during today’s show are the following questions (with time stamps): 7:53  When can I use force to prevent theft of another person’s property? 24:30 

Alivia Schwab, a 40-year-old mother of three, was under the care of mental health counselors for serious mental issues, and had only recently been returned to her apartment from institutionalization. On September 29, Schwab had her counselor on the phone, and was threatening to kill herself with a knife. The counselor notified the police so

An apparently crazy woman apparently attempted to burn down the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Fortunately, two tourists from Utah saw what was happening and intervneed to stop her. Next, two off-duty police from New York City made a citizen’s arrest and held her for Atlanta police. This is, of course,

Today I read through a recent #NRA magazine article by Sheriff Jim Wilson–whose work I much enjoy, including this piece I’ll be treating with some modest criticism. Sheriff Wilson has much good advice and accurate observations in this article, but nevertheless falls prey to perhaps the most common failing in otherwise well-informed people when it

Back on April 2 of this year DoorDash delivery guy Alan Colie found himself confronted in a shopping mall food court by two aggressive pranksters, the leader of whom was one Tanner Cook. Colie would ultimately shoot Cook once, causing serious but not fatal injuries. Colie would be charged with malicious wounding, firing of a

APOLOGIES FOR THE POOR AUDIO QUALITY! One of our Law of Self Defense Platinum Members, who I’ll identify as Rich, reached out to us recently to ask about an apparent contradiction in the home defense law of his state. (Platinum Members have a special Q&A form that allows them to submit questions directly to me,