Podcasts

In today’s show Attorney Andrew Branca begins a reading of the 2008 US Supreme Court decision of DC v. Heller. Heller is the seminal Supreme Court decision written by the brilliant (now deceased) Justice Antonin Scalia, finding that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is an INDIVIDUAL right, and not merely a […]

MEMBERS ONLY! Is it possible to wait TOO LONG before defending yourself? It obviously is–and in today’s show we share some use-of-force videos that illustrate that point, and document it for your records as part of the specialized knowledge that may inform your own decisions in self-defense. Such documentation is critical to ensuring that this

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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