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This past Sunday, November 12, US Secret Service agents assigned to the protection of Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, observed several people breaking into their parked and unoccupied SUV in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC. Their response was to discharge a firearm–apparently in the absence of any legal justification for the […]

Last week I stopped at CCW Safe HQ in Oklahoma City, and had an extensive chat with Stan Campbell, COO, and Don West, National Trial Counsel. I had a great time talking with those two great guys with key strategic roles at that great organization, and I hope you enjoy it as well! Disclaimer –

Right now, this very week in Wisconsin a man named Michael Mattioli is being tried for murder of Joel Acevedo on the grounds that Acevedo died as a result of the choke hold placed by Mattioli. The defendant claims he applied the chokehold for the sole purpose of self-defense, and only to the extent necessary

There are, however, many techniques in BJJ that readily qualify as deadly force–because the definition of “deadly force” include not only force that can kill but also force that causes serious bodily injury. The many joint locks in BJJ that can utterly destroy a joint certainly would qualify as deadly force if carried to completion.

You’re ambushed by a deadly criminal predator–fortunately, you manage to instantly inflict a mortal injury on him. Can you continue to use deadly defensive force even though you’ve effectively already killed your attacker? Today’s show addresses this important questions–and does so in a way that also documents your knowledge so that it can be shared

I recently came across video of a violent interaction between a uniformed police officer making a traffic stop and the driver of the stopped vehicle. The encounter went poorly for the officer. Of particular note was the remarkably high level of both gun handling and aggression on the part of the stopped driver, who aggressively

This past Saturday, October 28, hockey player Adam Johnson had his neck fatally slashed by the ice skate of opposing player Matt Petgrave. The event was captured on video, which we’ll share in today’s show. CAUTION: The video shows the infliction of a fatal injury. The legal questions then arise: First, was this an intentional

On Wednesday night a man identified as Robert Card engaged in a mass shooting, with news reports indicating as many as 18 people killed and many more wounded. Photos indicated he used an AR-pattern rifle to commit his vicious attack on innocents. It may seem counterintuitive that a madman gunning down innocent victims represents one