Law of Self Defense
Attorney Andrew F. Branca's weekly plain-English legal educational News and Question & Answer show on American use-of-force law--self-defense, defense of others, and defense of property, to enable law-abiding people to make better informed, more confident, more decisive, and more lawful use-of-force decisions.
Episodes
578 episodes
Dana Loesch Show: Father of School Shooter Facing 180 Years!
Second Amendment stalwart and good friend Dana Loesch was kind enough to have me on her show recently to discuss parents being held responsible for their active-shooter children, and then also ...
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Carry Trainer v. Law of Self Defense!
Mickey Schuchs, the owner-operator of the excellent self-defense training company Carry Trainer, was recently kind enough to have me on his show for 90 minutes or so, and then even more kind to sen...
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Might Alec Baldwin Be Re-Tried? Yes! SHOULD he be? YES!!
Halyna Hutchins on the movie set of “Rust” was dismissed with prejudice by trial Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer. The “prejudice” part of that means that the prosecution is prohibited from re-trying Baldwin on these manslaughter charges.
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Did Deputy “Execute” Airman Roger Fortson, or Is That Defamation
If you'd like immediate and early access to Law of Self Defense content, consider becoming a Law of Self Defense Member for just 99¢ here --- https://lawofselfdefense.com/trialIntentionally and falsely characterizing someone of having c...
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Fast Food Tables Turned When Robber Sticking Up Restaurant Shot By Someone At Drive-Thru Window
[If you'd like immediate and early access to Law of Self Defense content, consider becoming a Law of Self Defense Member for just 99¢ here --- https://lawofselfdefense.com/trial]Police have identified the man who was shot by a drive-thr...
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Pro-Israel Protestor Shoots Gaza Supporter Who Charges, Tackles Him: Self-Defense?
A man with strong feelings that the military actions of Israel in Gaza amount to genocide decides to charge across a busy street and tackle a man participating with others in a pro-Israel protest—and ends up shot in the abdomen by the man he at...
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When Can Police LAWFULLY Enter Your Home & How Can You LAWFULLY Stop Them?
So a video is making the rounds of the internets in which a police officer responding to a noise complaint is standing just inside the doorway of a home while the female homeowner shouts at him to get out of her house. The officer ...
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TYREEK HILL VIDEO: Police Demonized Over Non-Compliance, AGAIN!
NFL wide receiver Tyreek Hill is clocked speeding by police and pulled over. Once stopped police see he’s also not wearing his seatbelt. That’s two driving infractions right there—but that’s not enough for Hill. Hill also decides t...
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Florida Man Road Rage with a Gun! Shoot? Drive Away? Be Patient?
[If you'd like immediate and early access to Law of Self Defense content, consider becoming a Law of Self Defense Member for just 99¢ here --- https://lawofselfdefense.com/trial] You’...
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“Go Ahead, Make My Day” Is NOT Lawful Self-Defense
Today we’re going to take a look at a video of a fatal shooting out of Cincinnati OH that many on the internets are characterizing as obvious self-defense, but where state prosecutors have charged as murder—and the prosecutors here are probably...
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Gun at Pool: A Perfect Storm of Stupid
The Second Amendment secures our right to keep and bear arms—at least when it’s not being neutered by home-grown fascists--but does it secure a right to be STUPID with a gun?Join me to watch an utter absence of common sense when it comes...
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Cop Shoots Family Dog in Iowa! Lawful? Like It or Not, Yes!
A Davenport, Iowa police officer shoots dead a 2-year-old Labrador in front of the dog’s family—including the mother, young child, and a young cousin. The officer was never bit, or even so much as scratched, by the dog. Did ...
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Police Shoot Fleeing Malachi Williams in the BACK! Lawful? YES!
A white police officer shoots a fleeing black suspect—Malachi Williams--in the back, at a moment where the suspect presents no immediate threat to the officer. Worse, the officer’s body worn camera footage shows no apparent indication t...
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You Choose: Actual Lawyering Lawyer or Internet Popular Lawyer?
Today's LIVE show is in response to the video posted on August 25 by the channel "Washington Gun Law" (Attorney William Kirk) regarding the shooting death of Roger Fortson by a Florida deputy back in May. The deputy was responding...
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SHOCKING New Duty-to-Retreat Law! The DISSENT!
Last week the Minnesota Supreme Court filed its ruling in the case of State v. Blevins, a case in which the defendant pulled out a machete on a train platform and brandished it at several people.Today we read the DISSE...
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REAL LAWYER: NEW Minnesota Duty-to-Retreat Law: What's it MEAN?
Two days ago the Minnesota Supreme Court filed its ruling in the case of State v. Blevins, a case in which the defendant pulled out a machete on a train platform and brandished it at several people. The defendant was charged with f...
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Sonya Massey Shooting: Awful but Lawful Self-Defense
Today I’m going to share with you proof that the tragic shooting death of Sonya Massey at the hands of then-Deputy Sean Grayson was to a reasonable degree of legal certainty a lawful use of deadly force in self-defense.FIRST we’re going ...
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Helmet v. Skull! Lawful Self-Defense, or Criminal Assault?
Can you LAWFULLY use your motorcycle helmet as a defensive weapon?How about if it’s against a driver in oncoming traffic who just almost KILLED you?Join us to take a look at a video where EXACTLY that happened!Get Your ...
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LIVE! Sonya Massey Shooting: Legal Analysis Q&A
On Wednesday I published the video of my legal analysis of the Sonya Massey shooting. Massey was shot and killed by Deputy Sean Grayson inside her own apartment earlier this month. Grayson has since been fired and charged with murder and ...
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REAL LAWYER: The Legal TRUTH of the Sonya Massey Case
A white cop shoots a black woman through the head in her own kitchen and is now charged with murder and other felonies.But could it be instead that this killing was simply lawful self-defense, and rather obviously so?Learn the TRU...
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HOW Incompetent Was Secret Service Agent? THIS Incompetent!
President Donald Trump was shot by an attempted assassin on Saturday, July 13, a day that exposed a horrific degree of incompetence of both the US Secret Service generally and some of its purportedly elite agents on scene in particular....
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REAL LAWYER: When the OTHER Guy Is Armed, TOO!
An Indianapolis driver got very angry with another vehicle, and approached that other in a rage with a gun in hand. Turns out the other vehicle also had a gun, and the day ended poorly for Indianapolis man. Was this sh...
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Attorney Branca & Dana Loesch Talk Trump & Baldwin
This past Tuesday Dana Loesch was gracious enough to invite me on as a guest on "The Dana Show." We talked both the Trump shooting and the Baldwin dismissal. It was great fun!Join us for this playback of that interview!THERE IS ...
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