Tim Pool Follow-Up: What’s the Deal with the Dominick Black Gun Charge?

By Attorney Andrew Branca | November 30, 2021

It’s come to my attention that some folks with a limited grasp of how the law works were confused by some of my commentary regarding the Dominick Black gun charge during my recent appearance on the Tim Pool IRL.  Always on the lookout for a teachable moment, I thought I’d take few minutes to bring […]

State Motions in Rittenhouse Case Suggest Prosecutors Are Panicking, Propagandizing

July 6, 2021

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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Rittenhouse: What If Grosskreutz Was Making A Citizens Arrest?

September 8, 2020

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members to today’s members-only content, and, yes, it’s once again on the Rittenhouse case. An interesting thought-experiment question was posed by one of our Platinum members. That is, what if the intent of Gaige Grosskreutz, the man who approached Kyle Rittenhouse in the street with a gun in hand and […]

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Rittenhouse: Gun Possession, Even if Unlawful, Irrelevant to Self-Defense Claim

September 7, 2020

Welcome Law of Self Defense Members to today’s members-only content—once again, focusing on the case of Kyle Rittenhouse. So, I received an inquiry from my good friend Dan recently, asking my thoughts on the oft-repeated claim on social media that Kyle Rittenhouse lacks any self-defense justification for his use of force the night of August […]

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Rittenhouse: Admissibility of Attackers’ Violent Criminal Backgrounds

September 4, 2020

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members, to today’s members-only content, which focuses on an issue of law particularly relevant to the Kyle Rittenhouse case. I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense, thanks for joining me on our collective journey to be as hard to convict as we are to kill. […]

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Rittenhouse: Gaming the Law: Why Prosecutor Charged Recklessness

September 1, 2020

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members, to today’s members-only content! Today I’d like to explore with you the possible motivations for why prosecutors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case might have chosen to base so many of the charges against Kyle on recklessness, rather than on intent. This will be a little bit nuts-and-bolts and more […]

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Rittenhouse: What Prosecutors Must Disprove to Convict

September 1, 2020

My apologies to the Law of Self Defense Membership, this post was supposed to go out yesterday, August 31, 2020–I just neglected to click the final button. Hey Law of Self Defense Members, welcome to the final day of August 2020! In today’s members-only content, I want to share with you a statement from Pierce […]

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Rittenhouse Attorney John Pierce Interviewed on Tucker Carlson

September 1, 2020

Hey folks, The following is not my own content, of course, but rather is an embed of the interview of Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney John Pierce being interviewed on Tucker Carlson.  I post the embed here for purposes of completeness of our coverage, and for educational and informational purposes. All copyright in this substantive content is, […]

Kyle Rittenhouse: Attacked! In-Depth Legal Analysis

August 27, 2020

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members, to today’s members-only content! This will, I’m sure, be a popular post that generates much comment, because of the tremendous media coverage it’s acquired—and that is the Kyle Rittenhouse use of defensive force in Kenosha earlier this week.  You may have heard that Kyle has been charged with […]

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