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Why Home Security Cameras Matter: No Charges, Instead of 30 Years in Prison

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 […]

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Law of Self Defense News/Q&A Show: July 15, 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. [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

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VIDEO: “Cop Kills Dog, Then Kills Upset Owner”: More Media Lies to Promote Hatred of Police

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

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Classic Battered Spouse Syndrome Killing: Wife Murders Husband As He Sleeps in Bed

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

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Defense Offers Evidence Rittenhouse Attacker Was Convicted Child Rapist

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

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State Motions in Rittenhouse Case Suggest Prosecutors Are Panicking, Propagandizing

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

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VIDEO: MMA Fighter vs. Drunk: Proportional Punches or Aggravated Battery?

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

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A Risk of Intervening in Active Shooter Event: Getting Shot by the Cops

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”

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Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years; Likely to Serve 15 Years in Prison

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,

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