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Today I read through a recent #NRA magazine article by Sheriff Jim Wilson–whose work I much enjoy, including this piece I’ll be treating with some modest criticism. Sheriff Wilson has much good advice and accurate observations in this article, but nevertheless falls prey to perhaps the most common failing in otherwise well-informed people when it comes to the legal use of force–the conflation of weapons law, on the one hand, and use-of-force law on the other. Treating these two entirely distinct areas of the law as if they overlapped or are in any substantive manner related can only foster confusion in the mind of the public interested in being able to defend themselves, their family, and their property from criminal predation, and diminishes the clarity of understanding necessary to remain within the legal boundaries of both.

One of our Law of Self Defense Platinum Members, who I'll identify as Rich, reached out to us recently to ask about an apparent contradiction in the home defense law of his state. (Platinum Members have a special Q&A form that allows them to submit questions directly to me, to be answered either privately or publicly--learn how to become a Platinum Member NOW for only 82 cents a day by going to https://lawofselfdefense.com/82cents) The home defense statute provides a generous provision for use of deadly force when dealing with an intruder into one's home. However, the home defense JURY INSTRUCTION, which is the only law a jury would hear in a home defense trial, so sharply limits the statute that it all but eliminates any special privilege for home defense. The difference means that any home defender who relied in good faith on the statute would find themselves convicted and sentenced to as much as life in prison if the jury relied in good faith on the jury instruction. How can this be? What can be done about? Join me at NOON ET today to discuss! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Today's Law of Self Defense Show will live stream at Noon ET. It will answer questions sent into us by our Platinum Members, who have access to a Platinum-only Q&A form for submitting such questions directly to me. On the schedule for today's show are the following questions: Can I use force to prevent identity theft? Can T-shirts with spicy statements be used against me in court? Where on LOSD website does it tell me where my concealed carry permit is lawful? Is pointing a gun at someone surreptitiously (without them knowing) a crime? How can I best document the specialized knowledge I acquire from LOSD? Is there any quantitative document of how reaction time affects self-defense? Does LOSD comment on Second Amendment legislation/litigation? Well-known self-defense instructor advocates explaining your use-of-force to police: Good idea? Where can I find your self-defense webinar for BJJ students? Considerations in keeping handgun with suppressor locked in my car? Today's show will start by generally live streaming to YouTube, Rumble, Twitter (X), and our LOSD Members dashboard, as usual--but the public stream will only describe the bullet points above, to let people know generally what we'll be covering in the substantive portion of the show. That substantive portion of the show will be for Law of Self Defense Members ONLY--either Platinum or Standard members, and will continue to be live streamed on the Member dashboard--the live streams on YouTube, Rumble, and X will end prior to the start of the show where the questions posed are answered. Not Yet a Law of Self Defense Member? WHY NOT? It's only 99 CENTS! Get a two-week trial Law of Self Defense Membership for ONLY 99 CENTS at https://lawofselfdefense.com/trial Stay a member after the two week trial, and it's still dirt cheap, only about 30 cents a day, less than $10 a month! Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

This past Monday morning 20-year-old George Obregon Jr. approached rapper Nardo Wick after Wick's performance at a Tampa night club, for the purpose of asking if he could take a photo with the rapper. The encounter was captured on video. As he approached, Obregon was viciously punched by a large man standing beside the rapper, and appeared to suffer an immediate brain injury. Obgregon was then punched to the ground by a smaller man standing beside the rapper, striking his head on the ground. At last report Obregon was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. In today's show we'll explore the potential criminal and civil liability of the men who punched Obregon, as well as the potential civil liability of the rapper Wick. As part of that discussion we'll also address the legal defenses that might be raised by any of those parties. Join us LIVE at Noon ET today to discuss! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

A 14-year-old student was attacked by an unarmed mob in a Raleigh NC high school, and defended himself with a knife he carried in violation of school policies. The result: one of his attackers was killed, and another seriously injured. We've got the attack captured on video, and will break down the legal dynamics in today's Law of Self Defense Show, answering such questions as: What can a defender do if attacked by a mob in this manner? Was this use of deadly defensive force lawful under the circumstances? What liability does the 14-year-old face for his possession of a deadly weapon on school property? What's the criminal liability of the mob that assaulted him--could they be facing the possibility of capital punishment? (A: Yes!) And more! Join me LIVE at NOON ET today to discuss! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Today's Law of Self Defense Show focuses on video of a convenience store armed robbery in which both the clerk and customer being robbed appear completely compliant with the robbers' demands. Despite this compliance, the customer is shot through the head, and the clerk is gunned down as well, both with apparent fatal results. This video is an abject lesson that compliance cannot guarantee safety at the muzzle of a bad guy's gun. So if you find yourself the victim of an armed robbery, should you simply comply? Should you promptly fight back? Should you think through that tactical problem TODAY, rather than in the moment? Join me LIVE at NOON ET today to discuss! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Today’s show focuses on the question of when is a defender legally permitted to shoot first, and we’ll explore that question with several shootings captured on video. Fair warning—each of these videos shows people being shot, sometimes with apparently fatal results.If that makes you uncomfortable, no shame, but this might not be the show for you. I should also point out that we don’t have all the facts for each of these videos that would allow us to come to some definite conclusion about whether these particular shootings are likely lawful or not. Nevertheless, the videos are useful as providing frameworks within which we can understand how to properly frame the legal questions, through which more fully developed facts would get us to a legally sound answer. After all, if you can’t even ask the right question, you certainly can’t get to the right answer. LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Today’s show covers two men who used guns in defense of either themselves or others, only to find themselves promptly and firmly punished by the legal system that routinely allows criminals to walk free. Ironically, both men are from New York City, though the events took place on opposite sides of the nation. The first of these is Vince Ricci, a retired New Yorker who now lives in Los Angeles. At around 7:30 PM on Saturday, Nov. 4, Ricci was about to enter his home carrying a cup of coffee, when he suddenly found himself the victim of an armed robbery by two men. Ricci managed to get his own pistol into action and drove the two men off with gunfire. This event was caught on video, which we’ll share with you today. This week we learned that Los Angeles County, the issuing authority for gun permits in LA, has revoked Ricci’s concealed carry permit. The second man we’re discussing today is New Yorker John Rote. Rote was on a subway platform when he happened to see a woman being mugged by an apparently deranged homeless man. Rote retrieved a revolver from his backpack and used it to drive the mugger away—including by imprudently firing two warning shots. Rote was immediately arrested, charged with multiple crimes, and is currently out on bail awaiting prosecution. Not helpful to Rote’s circumstances is that the woman victim has announced that she became most frightened when she realized Rote had brought a gun to her defense. Enjoy the show! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

On November 1, high school student Jonathan Lewis Jr., protesting that a smaller student had been robbed and dumped into a trash can, was beaten unconscious by a pack of 8 or more other students. Jonathan would die of his blunt force trauma after six days on life support.​ The core question of today's show: WHEN does a disparity of numbers between attackers and a defender justify the use of deadly defensive force? Enjoy the show! Jonathan Lewis, Jr. Family Go-Fund-Me https://www.gofundme.com/f/jonathanlewisjr #jonathanlewisjr #jonathanlewis LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

It's rare but very pleasant to come across a solid use-of-force legal analysis by another lawyer, so I was pleased to see exactly that happen with the account @JaimePretellEsq with respect to a use-of-force event that occurred recently in Florida. In this event, two white men beside an SUV appear to be mocking a black man outside a strip mall, and the black man ultimately presents a gun and shoots them as they attempt to flee. One of the victims was injured and the other was killed, and the shooter is now charged with murder. The event was captured on video, which I'll share with you in today's show. Attorney Jame Pretell did a sound job analyzing this use-of-force event on Twitter, and he seems an account worth a follow--certainly I followed him. I mostly add some additional context. Enjoy the show! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

A car wash clerk in Concord CA find himself the victim of a felony robbery carried out by a masked woman wielding a large knife, at various points holding the point of the knife within inches of the clerk's neck. The robbery was captured on video, which we'll share with all of you today. The clerk is entirely compliant with the robbery, and makes no effort to either resist or defend himself--even when the robber momentarily places her knife down on the register in order to more expeditiously rifle the drawer. Could the clerk have seized the knife? Could he have then used it on the robber? Could the clerk, if armed with a pistol, have used that pistol as deadly defensive force upon the robber? That's what we'll discuss in today's Law of Self Defense Show! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Last Thursday, on November 9, Ralph Bouzy ambushed several police officers, using his speeding car as a deadly weapon to cause several of the officers critical injuries--at last report there was a good chance one officer would lose a leg. Bouzy then exited his crashed car, and advanced on the officers, including one officer seriously injured in the intentional ramming attack. Not that it should matter, but this is the racially energized world we live in: Bouzy is black, and the officers involved appear to be white. Ultimately, the officers took Bouzy into custody using their non-deadly force Tasers to compel Bouzy's compliance with arrest. Bouzy is now charged with three counts of attempted murder. The question arises, however, whether any one or perhaps several of the officers involved would have been legally privileged to have used deadly force upon Bouzy--specifically, their service pistols--rather than limiting themselves to their non-deadly force Tasers. Join us as we discuss this issue in today's Law of Self Defense Show! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

This past Sunday, November 12, US Secret Service agents assigned to the protection of Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, observed several people breaking into their parked and unoccupied SUV in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC. Their response was to discharge a firearm--apparently in the absence of any legal justification for the use of deadly defensive force. Can we make it make sense? Join us for today's Law of Self Defense Show breaking down this circus of an event! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Last week I stopped at CCW Safe HQ in Oklahoma City, and had an extensive chat with Stan Campbell, COO, and Don West, National Trial Counsel. I had a great time talking with those two great guys with key strategic roles at that great organization, and I hope you enjoy it as well! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Right now, this very week in Wisconsin a man named Michael Mattioli is being tried for murder of Joel Acevedo on the grounds that Acevedo died as a result of the choke hold placed by Mattioli. The defendant claims he applied the chokehold for the sole purpose of self-defense, and only to the extent necessary for self-defense—and yet he could end up convicted of murder and spend the rest of his life in prison. Daniel Penny placed drug addict Jordan Neely in a purported choke hold on May 1 of this year, in defense of himself and other passengers on a NYC subway car.Neely died during the struggle, and now Penny is charged with second-degree (reckless) manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide (reckless, inattentive, careless). Earlier this year I participated in the legal defense of a Colorado man tried for murder, reckless manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide after he placed a man in a chokehold in self-defense, and the man died.(We secured that defendant’s acquittal, with the jury telling us afterwards that my expert witness testimony was key to their decision to acquit.) I believe there’s something else than murder or manslaughter at play in these and other instances in which chokeholds have been associated with death, under circumstances in which the person who placed the choke was utterly shocked that the death occurred. Let's discuss! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

I recently came across video of a violent interaction between a uniformed police officer making a traffic stop and the driver of the stopped vehicle. The encounter went poorly for the officer. Of particular note was the remarkably high level of both gun handling and aggression on the part of the stopped driver, who aggressively engaged the officer with gun fire and even pursued the officer while continuing to fire. This event raises the important question of just how much training a normal law-abiding citizen needs if they are to be prepared to lawfully defend themselves, their family, and their property from violent criminal predation. We discuss that and more in today’s Law of Self Defense Show! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Most people think of Brazilian Jui-Jitsu (BJJ) as a non-deadly means of self-defense, and imagine using such skills to defend against a non-deadly force attack. There are, however, many techniques in BJJ that readily qualify as deadly force--because the definition of "deadly force" include not only force that can kill but also force that causes serious bodily injury. The many joint locks in BJJ that can utterly destroy a joint certainly would qualify as deadly force if carried to completion. Of course, there ARE circumstances in which using BJJ as deadly defensive force IS lawful. Today we share a video of a BJJ expert who successfully defends himself against an aggressor armed with a knife, and use that video as a platform to explore the circumstances in which the use of BJJ as deadly defensive force would be legally justified. #BJJ LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

You're ambushed by a deadly criminal predator--fortunately, you manage to instantly inflict a mortal injury on him. Can you continue to use deadly defensive force even though you've effectively already killed your attacker? Today's show addresses this important questions--and does so in a way that also documents your knowledge so that it can be shared with a jury if you're ever criminally charged in this kind of scenario. In today's show we both explain the importance of documenting your specialized knowledge to ensure that you are hard to convict if ever compelled to defend yourself and your family (in the public portion of the show), and we also share a very blood video of a gunfight in a bank that precisely illustrates and documents today's question (in the members-only portion of today's show. BECOME A LAW OF SELF DEFENSE MEMBER FOR ONLY 99¢! You can try out a two-week trial Law of Self Defense Membership for ONLY 99¢, by going to: lawofselfdefense.com/trial After the two weeks, stay a member for only about 30¢ a day, less than $10 a month! Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

A street performer "statue" attired in the style of Teddy Roosevelt eventually got enough pestering from an apparently intoxicated pedestrian that he threw a granite-like right fist into the pedestrian's face. Fortunately for us, the event was captured on video! Lawful self-defense? Join us LIVE at Noon ET to discuss! LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

This past Sunday night Jason Pass was filmed fatally shooting Bladimy Mathurin (47) and Chinwai Mode (27) in a Brooklyn NY hallway. This morning, Pass charged at police with a 6" knife, and this time it was he who was fatally shot, by police. The shooting on Sunday involving Pass and his two victims have raised some questions on social media about whether this use of deadly force could potentially have qualified as lawful self-defense--in part because Mathurin had initially approached aggressively into Pass' personal space while holding up a pair of scissors. Join me today LIVE at Noon ET as we break down this use-of-force event, applying actual New York State use-of-force legal principles, and note where a claim of self-defense would have more, or less merit! #JasonPass #Brooklyn #BladimyMathurin #ChinwaiMode LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

This past Saturday, October 28, hockey player Adam Johnson had his neck fatally slashed by the ice skate of opposing player Matt Petgrave. The event was captured on video, which we'll share in today's show. CAUTION: The video shows the infliction of a fatal injury. The legal questions then arise: First, was this an intentional use of force by Petgrave on Johnson? Second, if intentional, would this killing be murder, manslaughter, or negligent homicide? These questions require both a legal and factual analysis in order to arrive at a reasoned answer, and we'll tackle both of those in the context of the video of the event in today's show. I do note that this event took place in the United Kingdom, not America. As is our practice, however, we'll analyze this event using American principles of law. See you all LIVE at NOON ET today! #adamjohnson #mattpetgrave #hockey LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

On Wednesday night a man identified as Robert Card engaged in a mass shooting, with news reports indicating as many as 18 people killed and many more wounded. Photos indicated he used an AR-pattern rifle to commit his vicious attack on innocents. It may seem counterintuitive that a madman gunning down innocent victims represents one of the SIMPLEST self-defense scenarios an armed citizen might encounter, but in fact that's the case. Join me LIVE at Noon ET on Friday, October 27, to discuss! #massshooters #activeshooters #maine #lewiston #robertcard #secondamendment #assaultweapons LEARN THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE TODAY! FOR FREE! Grab your own copy of our best-selling guide to self-defense law for FREE! "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others--INCLUDING FROM MASS SHOOTERS! Get your copy for FREE here: lawofselfdefense.com/freebook You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Late last week several purported Seattle police officers began attempting a violent intrusion into an Auburn WA home (Auburn, incidentally is a full 17 miles outside of the Seattle city limits). The homeowner, perhaps finding the claims of these intruders to be police as less than credible, responds by firing a fussilade of rounds through his own front door at the intruders, inducing them to flee. Could this be a lawful use of force in self-defense and defense of dwelling? Even if the homeowner was shooting blindly through the door and unable to visually target specific intruders? What about the risks of that gun fire to innocent neighbors? What if the intruders had turned out to be actual police serving a no knock warrant? We answer all those questions and more TODAY, on our LIVE Law of Self Defense Show, airing at Noon ET! THERE IS ONLY ONE SELF-DEFENSE "INSURANCE" PROVIDER I TRUST! There are lots of self-defense "insurance" companies out there. Some are hot garbage. Some have limited resources. Some are simply, in my view, untrustworthy. But there is ONE that I PERSONALLY TRUST to protect myself and my family. LEARN which ONE I TRUST by clicking HERE: https://lawofselfdefense.com/trust You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

The Federal case of US v. Rahimi, working its way to the Supreme Court involves the question of whether a presumptively law-abiding American citizen can be denied their Second Amendment rights when constrained by a domestic violence restraining order, in the absence of any finding of dangerous on behalf of the person constrained by the order. Although gun control propagandists will argue that Rahimi is about giving guns to domestic abusers, in fact Second Amendment advocates readily agree Second Amendment rights can be denied to people demonstrated to be dangerous. It is the absence of any showing of dangerous that is key to Rahimi. Today's show is a reading of a recent 3-judge panel decision out of the 5th Circuit finding that the deprivation of Second Amendment rights as a consequence of a civil domestic violence restraining order in the absence of a showing of dangerous is an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment. Rahimi is now heading to the Supreme Court for further argument. Tomorrow's show, incidentally, will be my reading of an amici curiae authored by Second Amendment law giant Attorney David Kopel, and friend of the Law of Self Defense community, Attorney Konsta Moros. In this amici curiae Kopel and Moros present powerful legal argument in support of the 5th Circuit decision being read today. Enjoy the show! THERE IS ONLY ONE SELF-DEFENSE "INSURANCE" PROVIDER I TRUST! There are lots of self-defense "insurance" companies out there. Some are hot garbage. Some have limited resources. Some are simply, in my view, untrustworthy. But there is ONE that I PERSONALLY TRUST to protect myself and my family. LEARN which ONE I TRUST by clicking HERE: https://lawofselfdefense.com/trust You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

I was just a guest on Mark Walter's Armed America Radio program again, and we discussed a bunch of topics including the Israeli massacre, the Second Amendment, gun control, the Brooklyn stabbing death of the white BLM activist by a young black man, the offensive use of pepper spray, the mere reasonable appearance of a threat, and much, much more! Enjoy the show! THERE IS ONLY ONE SELF-DEFENSE "INSURANCE" PROVIDER I TRUST! There are lots of self-defense "insurance" companies out there. Some are hot garbage. Some have limited resources. Some are simply, in my view, untrustworthy. But there is ONE that I PERSONALLY TRUST to protect myself and my family. LEARN which ONE I TRUST by clicking HERE: https://lawofselfdefense.com/trust You have a GUN so you're hard to KILL--know the LAW so you're hard to CONVICT. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Disclaimer - Content is for educational & entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.