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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

Late last week several purported Seattle police officers began attempting a violent intrusion into an Auburn WA home (Auburn, incidentally is a full 17 miles outside of the Seattle city limits). The homeowner, perhaps finding the claims of these intruders to be police as less than credible, responds by firing a fussilade of rounds through

Today’s show is a reading of an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) filed in the case of US v. Rahimi, which is proceeding to the US Supreme Court from the 5th Circuit. Rahimi involves the question of whether a presumptively law-abiding American citizen can be denied their Second Amendment rights when constrained by a

The Federal case of US v. Rahimi, working its way to the Supreme Court involves the question of whether a presumptively law-abiding American citizen can be denied their Second Amendment rights when constrained by a domestic violence restraining order, in the absence of any finding of dangerousness on behalf of the person constrained by the