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On August 9, 2023, a three-judge Federal Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reversed the conviction of Patrick Daniels, a habitual marijuana user who at trial had been found guilty of violating a federal statute making it a felony for unlawful users of drugs to be in possession of firearms. Daniels had been found […]

This Law of Self Defense Show shares a couple of stories of citizens acting in defense of themselves against violent aggressors–but not merely as a simple act of self-defense, but also within the context of highly-defensible property. One of these cases involves a North Carolina woman who last week shot a man attempting to enter

This week saw the sentencing of former police officer Tou Thao over the in-custody death of #GeorgeFloyd on May 25, 2020. Thao is the final of the four police officers charged and persecuted over Floyd’s death. Every facet of these persecutions has been little more than a legal travesty and racial lynching, given the utter

Imagine this—you’re a non-commissioned officer in the US military, having served two prior tours in Afghanistan and having received military weapons training. You’re living with your wife in Metro Denver, a region plagued by car theft. At 11:20 PM on July 5 your wife observes two people stealing your car from in front of your

In today’s show Attorney Andrew Branca begins a reading of part 7 of 7 of the 2010 US Supreme Court decision of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen. This part 6 of the reading of Bruen covers the second half of the dissenting opinion written by Justice Breyer, with Justices Kagan

In today’s show Attorney Andrew Branca begins a reading of part 6 of 7 of the 2010 US Supreme Court decision of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen. This part 6 of the reading of Bruen covers the first half of the dissenting opinion written by Justice Breyer, with Justices Kagan

In today’s show Attorney Andrew Branca begins a reading of part 5 of 7 of the 2010 US Supreme Court decision of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen. This part 5 of the reading of Bruen covers the concurrence opinions by Justices Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. Bruen is the seminal 2022 Supreme

In today’s show Attorney Andrew Branca begins a reading of part 4 of 7 of the 2010 US Supreme Court decision of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen. Bruen is the seminal 2022 Supreme Court decision written by the Justice Clarence Thomas extending Heller’s (2008) holding that the Second Amendment right to

In today’s show Attorney Andrew Branca begins a reading of part 3 of 7 of the 2010 US Supreme Court decision of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen. Bruen is the seminal 2022 Supreme Court decision written by the Justice Clarence Thomas extending Heller’s (2008) holding that the Second Amendment right to

In today’s show Attorney Andrew Branca begins a reading of part 2 of 2 of the 2010 US Supreme Court decision of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen. Bruen is the seminal 2022 Supreme Court decision written by the Justice Clarence Thomas extending Heller’s (2008) holding that the Second Amendment right to