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Another Bad Product Idea From Byrna?

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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Members Only! Suspect’s Epic Fail: Trying to Seize a Cop’s Gun – Full Analysis

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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TRASH! Another Bad Harvard Study on Defensive Gun Use

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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Case Review: How the Initial Aggressor Loses Right of Self-Defense!

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

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Members-Only! Woman Kills Man She Wrongly Thought Was Kidnapping Her!

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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HAMMER TIME! Police shoot woman armed with hammer: Lawful?

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

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