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Alec Baldwin has been re-indicted for the October 2021 manslaughter of cinematographer, wife, and mother, Halyna Hutchins. Join me on today’s show to recap of my prior legal analysis of this unlawful killing. As always, you can find our aggregated, public-access legal analysis of this Baldwin case here: lawofselfdefense.com/baldwin Disclaimer – Content is for educational & […]

In this episode of the Law of Self Defense Q&A Show we’ll address a variety of self-defense law questions, including: Does an attached garage/enclosed porch count as part of my “castle”? (00:05:14) How is curtilage defined, and what does that do for me? (00:06:20) If burglary justifies deadly defensive force, what qualifies as burglary? (00:13:14)

In an apparent road-rage event, a man approaches a green SUV with a pistol in hand, and uses the muzzle to tap on the driver’s side window, then lowers his handgun to his side. The response from inside the SUV is a fusillade of fire, with fatal results. Lawful self-defense or excessive force by the

A young black woman gets to throwing hands at two men–one white, one black–in what appears to be an airport coffee shop. At one point she attempts to strike the men with a large metal chair, and ultimately she hurls herself over the counter before finally stomping away. The men defend themselves against these attacks,

It was late October 2021 in upstate New York when Jason Jones was arrested after engaging in disorderly conduct outside a police station, after just leaving a bar. While in the station, a shirtless and barefooted Jones grabbed a gallon jug of hand sanitizer and liberally coated himself in it–presumably in preparation for going hands-on

How many bullets are TOO many bullets? That’s the legal question we ask in today’s show, using a couple of high-volume fire police shooting videos as context, and exploring the self-defense law element of IMMINENCE, with a particular focus on the AOJ Triad. . Join me LIVE at Noon ET, Thursday, January 11, to discuss.

A Mississippi 11-year-old calls 911 saying that his mother’s dangerous ex-boyfriend had arrived at their home unexpectedly and was acting aggressively. Cops show up at the house, guns out, and start clearing.  The mother exits first, and the a clearing cop starts calling for the boyfriend to come out unarmed. A human form rushes out

An Orange County CA liquor store found himself the victim of an armed robbery recently–but then realized that the robber’s gun was not real. The clerk then presented his own real gun from under the counter. The robber, realizing he’d brought a fake gun to a real gunfight, immediately fled. Is it lawful to pull

Houston TX-area homeowner Terry Willis was alerted to a swarm of car thieves amongst his driveway vehicles by his home security cameras around o-dark-thirty. His response? He stepped out of his home pointing an AR rifle he’d built himself, and told them “I don’t think you want to do that.” The car thieves fled in

Two men, one much larger than the other, get into a physical confrontation on a Philadelphia subway platform, with the larger man holding the smaller against a support column. Suddenly the smaller man–now identified as Chaz Wearing–throws a punch, then another, sending the larger man staggering off the platform and onto the tracks–seconds before subway