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Today we’ll take a look at several videos of defensive handgun uses in which the firearm is shot to slide lock–meaning, shot empty. Can this be lawful self-defense, or is it illegal overkill? How many shots is too many shots? LAW CARDS! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lawcards/law-cards Gracie Jiu_Jitsu 101 FREE SEMINAR (Colorado Springs), April 8: gjj101.com NEW! Law […]

Just a quick live show today to cover some short use-of-force stories that have come across my desk this week, none of which is of sufficient depth for a dedicated show of its own (at least, not yet). LAW CARDS! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lawcards/law-cards Gracie Jiu_Jitsu 101 FREE SEMINAR (Colorado Springs), April 8: gjj101.com NJ v. Macchia: https://lawofselfdefense.com/macchia

A decision just issued by the New Jersey Supreme Court addresses the question of whether a jury has to unanimously agree on exactly how a defender failed self-defense in order to convict him of the charged use-of-force crime. Gracie Jiu_Jitsu 101 FREE SEMINAR (Colorado Springs), April 8: gjj101.com NJ v. Macchia: https://lawofselfdefense.com/macchia NEW! Law of

Retired basketball player All-Star and current cannabis entrepreneur Shawn Kemp got into a gunfight outside a Tacoma shopping mall last week after his efforts to recover the cell phone stolen from his car resulted in an exchange of gunshots. Although Kemp was originally arrested at the scene after the other party fled, he appears to

Andrea Reeb, the special prosecutor in the case against Alec Baldwin and Rust over the October 2021 fatal shooting of its cinematographer, has announced she is to step aside, in a victory for Baldwin, the UK Daily Mail reports. We discuss THIS, as well as some pending self-defense law changes in Oklahoma and Indiana! Join

In June 2021, Eric Popper was involved in a road rage incident while driving down I-95 in the Miami FL area. He would ultimately empty his pistol through the passenger window and windshield of his car, in an act he would characterize as self-defense. Popper would be arrested and charged with the felonies of aggravated

On March 1, 2023, a Farmington UT police officer pulled over 25-year-old Chase Allan for failure to display proper registration tags on his BMW automobile. Within just a few minutes, Allen would die in a hail of bullets fired by five officers. In this LIVE show we take a look at some media reports of

A crazed dude and woman violently breach the front door of a home, amidst much shouting and HA-VOC! What are the actual legal self-defense options for the homeowner in this situation? In most states, they’re pretty darned good–and Castle Doctrine is not the important legal doctrine in play! NEW! Law of Self Defense ADVANCED Class!

A week or two ago, while guesting on Rekieta Law during our relentless and arduous coverage of the Alex Murdaugh trial, news broke that #alecbaldwin had been relieved of the sentencing enhancement charge that the NM prosecutor had brought against him on top of the involuntary manslaughter charge. I had taken a quick look at

Today’s show takes a look at the interviews of two of the Murdaugh jurors. Fair warning: Neither is very exciting, but if I don’t cover these I’ll be inundated with requests to cover them–so here you go folks. I advise a more productive way to spend this time, but of course you’re all welcome to