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Hey folks, In this episode of our Law of Self Defense News/Q&A Show, for Friday, July 24, 2020 we ha a bunch of great questions we answered, including: “Can I use deadly force to defend against a laser beam attack to my eyes?” “Can your competitive shooting background be ‘used against you in court.’ ” […]

Hey folks, Today’s  Law of Self Defense MEMBERS ONLY show provides an analysis of the shooting this past April 22 by LAPD Officer Toni McBride of razor-wielding non-compliant suspect Daniel Hernandez. Hernandez would die of his gunshot wounds. Little seems to have been made of this shooting at the time, but now three months later

Hey folks, In this Cases of the Week Show we take a look at the felony unlawful use of a firearm charges brought against the St. Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey this past Monday, by local Prosecutor Kim Gardner. We also examine the legal defenses–including self-defense and defense of highly-defensible property–likely to be raised

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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