Podcasts

Attorney Andrew F. Branca on Armed American Radio with host Mark Walters

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 the audio of my appearance this last Sunday, August 15, 2021, on Armed American Radio, hosted by Mark Walters. As it happens, I’m scheduled to be on […]

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Law of Self Defense News/Q&A Show: August 12, 2021

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 August 12, 2021 we touched on a broad range of questions submitted for the show,

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Amber Guyger Appeal Rejected: Importance of Legal Terms of Art

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 the decision by a Texas court of appeals three-judge panel to reject the request by former police officer Amber Guyger for a reversal of her murder conviction

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Competing Narratives: Cold-Blooded Murder or Self-Defense?

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 murder trial taking place this week in Virginia.  The Defendant has raised the legal defense of self-defense, and of course the prosecution is seeking to disprove

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Choice of Evils Defense: When Committing A Crime Is Permissible

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 Colorado that touches upon a very old legal doctrine that exists in some form in every state—although states vary in what

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Exceptional Fighting Skill: Impact on Reasonableness of Self-Defense

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 in which a US Navy SEAL, a decorated war hero and combat veteran, was shot dead while unarmed—and successive prosecutors have declined to criminally

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Defense of Others: An Interesting Wrinkle from TN Court of Appeals

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 handed down just about a week ago from the Tennessee court of appeals.  As usual when I share such decisions, the legal doctrines involved are

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“Open the Door So I Can Rape and Kill You”: An Imminent Threat?

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 short but rather horrifying video forwarded to me from a Law of Self Defense Member. It shows home surveillance video footage of a man knocking on

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