Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you an appellate court decision out of Michigan and handed down just last week that touches upon issues raised when the legal defense of self (self-defense) collides with […]
Defense of Self v. Defense of Accident: Please Choose Only One Read More »
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you an appellate court decision out of Texas that touches upon a common, and often misunderstood facet of self-defense law—when is evidence of your attacker’s demonstrable history of
Your Attacker Has a History of Violence: When Is That Admissible Evidence? Read More »
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a decision out of the Oregon court of appeals that illustrates an unfortunate feature of the American criminal justice system—the reality that the good guy defendant in
When Does Good Guy Get to Tell His Side of the Story? Later Thank We’d Like! Read More »
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a news story out of Flint, MI involving a homeowner who this past May shot and killed a man attempting to break into the homeowner’s dwelling at
Why Home Security Cameras Matter: No Charges, Instead of 30 Years in Prison Read More »
Welcome to this episode of our ONLY open-access content, our weekly News/Q&A Show. A transcript of the show is available at the Law of Self Defense Blog (http://lawofselfdefense.com/blog), with links to all relevant content mentioned. [Full transcript to follow within 24 hours.] Be sure to mark your calendar to never miss a News/Q&A Show–they air LIVE every Thursday, at 4PM
Law of Self Defense News/Q&A Show: July 15, 2021 Read More »
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a news story that nicely illustrates how the media propagandizes use-of-force events to foster increased hatred of law enforcement. As we’ll see, it does this in the
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a news story out of Nebraska in which an 80-year-old woman has been convicted of murder for the killing of her husband. Notably, her husband was asleep
Classic Battered Spouse Syndrome Killing: Wife Murders Husband As He Sleeps in Bed Read More »
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a inquiry sent into us from one of our members, Tony L., about an analysis of a shooting he’d viewed on the YouTube channel of Active Self
Shooting Unarmed, Fleeing Robber ≠ Lawful Self-Defense Read More »
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you news of a motion filed by the defense in the Rittenhouse case in which the defense asks the court to allow into evidence the fact that Joseph
Defense Offers Evidence Rittenhouse Attacker Was Convicted Child Rapist Read More »
Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you some breaking news around the Rittenhouse prosecution that saw widespread reporting over the slow-news July 4th weekend. These news reports piqued my interest because of their lack
State Motions in Rittenhouse Case Suggest Prosecutors Are Panicking, Propagandizing Read More »
