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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 […]

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

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

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

The Maryland Supreme Court recently took a hard look at tool mark evidence–specifically, the matching of bullets to specific firearms–and in a 6-3 decision cast a large doubt on the integrity of such evidence. Join me LIVE at 3 PM ET today as we read and evaluate the decision of Abruquah v. State, 2023 Md.

The terrible news of the Titanic submarine appearing to be lost at see with passengers aboard raises an interesting legal question–would it be lawful for some of the passengers to kill others so that their limited oxygen supply would last long, increasing the prospects for the killers to survive to rescue? An actual real-world case

Today’s show covers four use-of-force videos with interesting lessons to document. 1. Use of OC Spray against a knife robbery. 2. Angry homeowner with pistol in hand yells at workers in street. The next two videos are of defensive gun uses, and both illustrate why it might well be tactically imperative and legally justifiable to