Byrna is a company that manufactures various OC products for purposes of less-lethal self-defense (Byrna.com). Though I’m generally a fan of OC as a less-lethal self-defense options, I’ve for years had serious concerns about the product design choices made by Bryna–specifically, their production of less-lethal OC devices that closely resemble actual firearms. (Find all my […]
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Today’s MEMBERS ONLY Law of Self Defense Show covers the legal and tactical analysis of a use-of-force event captured on video in which a suspect initiates a vigorous and sustained fight for an arresting officer’s service pistol. There are a bunch of lessons–both legal and tactical–to be learned from this event. NOTE: the suspect IS
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Today’s Law of Self Defense Show brings us the great joy of debunking yet ANOTHER utterly trash “study” of defensive gun use out of Harvard–specifically, the Harvard School of Public Health. I’d like to thank gun-control advocate Rob McIntyre (probably a fake name, goes by @canucktunes on Twitter, with 104 followers) for bringing this trash
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Today’s Law of Self Defense MEMBERS ONLY show covers the recently released video of a gun-armed robber who takes on a car full of passengers, only to have the car chase him down and run him over–with the surprise bonus of the gun-wielding robber shooting himself in the head when he’s hurled skyward by the
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Less than two weeks ago the Missouri Court of Appeals handed down a decision involving a self-defense case where the defender was accused of having been the initial aggressor in the confrontation–and because of that accusation the jury was given a very damaging “initial aggressor” jury instruction. The result: CONVICTION. Now that convict appeals his
Case Review: How the Initial Aggressor Loses Right of Self-Defense! Read More »
Today’s show briefs a use-of-force decision out of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Although the decision is from 2017, it covers a number of interesting use-of-force decisions. In a Stand-Your-Ground state, does being engaged in unlawful activity at the time of the event cost you ONLY your Stand-Your-Ground privilee, or does it lose you the entirety
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In today’s show (pre-recorded!) we cover NINE use-of-force events captured on video, and provide legal commentary and analysis on each of them. The first five of these videos do not involve shots being fired, although some do involve guns, and this portion of the show is open-access (including the Law of Self Defense YouTube, Rumble,
Breaking Down Use-of-Force Cases: Shocking Footage! Read More »
A Florida man recently emptied all 30 rounds from his AR rifle at his pool boy, and yet is facing no charges from the local Sheriff. WHAT IS THAT EVEN?!?!?! Join us for our plain-English legal analysis of this near tragedy (the pool boy fortunately suffered no life threatening injury), as we step through the
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A Kentucky woman visiting her boyfriend in El Paso TX shot and killed her Uber driver in the apparent mistaken belief that the drive was kidnapping her to Mexico. By all accounts the driver was simply a hard-working family driving along a perfectly reasonable route, and not in proximity to any border crossing. The woman
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During the early morning hours of Friday, June 23, three San Antonio Police Department officers responded to the apartment of 46-year-old Melissa Perez, who appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis. Perez fled into her apartment, armed herself with a hammer, and as the three officers stood just outside her front door they shot
HAMMER TIME! Police shoot woman armed with hammer: Lawful? Read More »
