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. In today’s News/Q&A Show for September 16, 2021 we touched on a broad range of questions submitted for the show, […]
News/Q&A: Legal Risks of Using Suppressors for Home 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. Yesterday I wrote about a Florida man who confronted a youth breaking into a car, ultimately shooting the youth in the back as the youth fled the scene, with the result that the shooter
Another Defense of Car Scenario: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? 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 the Gainesville FL area, as reported by the local Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. As the headline to today’s post suggests, this story
Poor Judgment Leads to Possible Life Sentence for Well-Intentioned Gun Owner 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 Houston in which a woman inside her home who spotted a Peeping Tom looking through her window. She apparently fired several rounds
Shooting a Peeping Tom: Subjective Fear Alone Is Not Enough 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 bit of news that would normally fall under the umbrella of private info, but which I feel obliged to share with all of you who are
LOSD Members Update: Max Pain Edition 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. In today’s News/Q&A Show for September 9, 2021 we touched on a broad range of questions submitted for the show,
Law of Self Defense News/Q&A Show: September 9, 2021 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. In today’s News/Q&A Show for September 2, 2021 we did things in a different way than normal, and focused exclusively on discussing and answering live questions about the Ashli Babbitt shooting
Law of Self Defense News/Q&A Show: September 2, 2021 Read More »
Yesterday I published a detailed legal analysis of the shooting death of Ashli Babbitt by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, in response to a recent tsunami of requests to do so. You can find that analysis here: “ddd”. Because of the great public interest in this particular case, we are leaving that analysis available on
Very Disappointing: Professor Jonathan Turley Op-Ed On Ashli Babbitt Read More »
I’ve been receiving a virtual tsunami of requests to do a use of force legal analysis of the shooting death of January 6 protestor Ashli Babbitt by Capital Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd as Babbitt appeared to be attempting to violently breach the barricaded doorway being guarded by Byrd. In fact, I did a detailed legal
Sad but True: Jan. 6 Shooting of Ashli Babbitt was Legally Justified 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 handed down earlier this week out of Mississippi that touches upon one of the many exceptions to the general prohibition on hearsay evidence
The Dying Declaration Exception to the Hearsay Rule: A Self-Defense Example Read More »
