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Hey folks, In today’s News/Q&A Show we’ll be discussing the case of the father charged for shooting a male he found in his 14-year-old daughter’s bedroom, the implications of district attorneys dropping charges against arrested rioters, looters, and arsonists, similarly the implications of increasingly rigid constraints on the use of force by police officers and […]

200716 AAA TRANCRIPT Hey everybody, Welcome, welcome, Come on in. I am Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense. Thank you very much. Welcome to our After Action Analysis Show for July 15. Today we’re going to cover the Eastern Michigan police shooting in which a law enforcement officer defended herself against a attacker

Hey folks, Today rather than do our usual Tuesday “Cases of the Week Show,” we’re instead going to share with all of you our legal analysis of the good Samaritan shooting that took place last Friday outside of a Buffalo Wild Wings joint in Hummels Wharf PA. Before we dive into that, a quick word

Hey folks, A few years ago the National Rifle Association launched a “self-defense insurance” program called Carry Guard. It is noteworthy that this Carry Guard “insurance” was backed by a well-established company, Lockton Insurance. (Carry Guard also included a training component, but for the purposes of this post we are focusing strictly on the “insurance”

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Hey folks, This episode of Cases of the Week covers three very interesting self-defense decisions handed down in the last week from the appellate courts across the nation: The first case involves a state supreme court ruling that profoundly changes the nature of “stand-your-ground” within that state. The second case reminds us that a claim

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Hey folks, In this episode of our weekly News/Q&A Show we covered the confrontation that occurred yesterday in Lake Orion Michigan between an armed white woman, the white man with her, and two black women, as reported in the Detroit News: Angry exchange on video shows gun being pulled on mom, teen in Lake Orion

After Action Analysis: July 1, 2020 (McCloskeys) Missouri Annotated Statutes discussed during today’s show: § 558.011. Sentence of imprisonment, terms — conditional release § 563.031. Use of force in defense of persons § 563.041. Use of physical force in defense of property. § 563.074. Justification as an absolute defense, when. § 565.056. Assault in the

Hey folks, In today’s Cases of the Week, our review of the most interesting and important use-of-force appellate court decisions (case law) of the prior week, we have three cases to share with you: These cases today come out of the states of California, Florida, and Texas. But if you’re not from one of those