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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 recent news story about a drunk in a bar who got himself into a brief physical confrontation with a professional MMA fighter—and that worked out for […]

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 sad story of the death a week ago today of Johnny Hurley, in nearby Arvada CO.  Hurley was shot by officers responding to a “shots fired”

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. As is all over the internet, this afternoon former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced by trial judge Peter Cahill to 22.5 years in prison (270 months), based on his second-degree murder conviction,

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 below signature.] In today’s News/Q&A Show for June 24, 2021 we touched on a broad range of questions submitted for the show, as well as

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 report about a conviction that occurred today in a California murder case where the defendant managed to change his role from the victim of a

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 story out of Maine involving a manslaughter plea deal arising out of a drug deal gone bad that involved a complex stew of facts purportedly raising

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 my take on the news all over the internet that Mark and Patricia McCloskey have each taken a plea deal to settle the multiple felony charges that

The Law of Self Defense content you’re about to enjoy is presented for general educational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice. If you are in need of legal advice, consult competent legal counsel in the relevant jurisdiction. Hey, folks, Attorney Andrew Branca here from Law of Self Defense with our weekly Law of

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 sad story out of Gillette WY in which 22-year-old Joshua Campbell (the Defendant) has pled guilty to the unintentional, but criminally reckless, killing of his friend,

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 court decision out of Alaska that involved whether a foot, used to kick someone in the face, could constitute a deadly weapon for purposes of an