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What a Well-Designed Self-Defense Immunity Law Looks Like

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 self-defense immunity bill that’s remarkably well-designed compared to the norm for such things, and as a result it avoids many of the weaknesses of self-defense immunity

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Shotgun Blast to Head:  Defense of Others or Attempted Murder?

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 trial taking place in Michigan in which the Defendant fired a 20-gauge single-shot shotgun pistol at the head of the Victim—who, miraculously, survived the blast to

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Making the Sausage: North Dakota’s New Stand-Your-Ground Bill

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 thoughts on the “Stand-Your-Ground” bill currently working its way through the North Dakota legislature, Bill 1498.  Although I expect few of you reading this are located

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Looks Like Rittenhouse Got a Great Judge for His Murder Trial

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 video and transcript for a preliminary hearing that took place with respect to the Kyle Rittenhouse case, along with some modest analysis and opinion of my

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Car Thief Gets a Bullet to the Head & Shooter Gets a Very Favorable Decision from DA

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 “Close Out Memo” issued from the Miami-Dade Florida State Attorney’s office announcing there would be no charges brought against one Stephen Allen Lott (hereafter, “Lott”) for

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Battered Spouse Syndrome & Self-Defense: What About Abuse by Others in Past?

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 Maryland Court of Appeals that touches upon an interesting legal doctrine in the context of self-defense, the doctrine of Battered Spouse Syndrome.

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