"[O]ne [tree-cutting] crew member made sexually suggestive gestures towards his fiancée and another waved a running chainsaw towards his dogs with the apparent threat to dismember them ...."
The state defied a Supreme Court ruling by banning guns from myriad "sensitive places."
Conservatives who support the bill recognize the conflict between unannounced home invasions and the Second Amendment.
of an unrestricted concealed carry pistol permit," says N.Y. appellate court.
A Texas jury unanimously rejected Perry’s assertion that Garrett Foster pointed a rifle at him.
The duty to retreat from public confrontations has nothing to do with the cases cited in recent stories about seemingly unjustified shootings.
From self-defense law scholar (and former prosecutor) T. Markus Funk.
Alvin Bragg has finally moved to stop prosecuting Tracy McCarter for murder.
Alvin Bragg campaigned on Tracy McCarter’s innocence. Once in office, that was apparently less politically expedient.
The Senate majority leader has repeatedly blocked a bill that would address the robbery threat to state-licensed pot shops.
Taking personal responsibility turns out to be a better idea than putting faith in the state.
The initial decision to pursue prosecution runs contrary to the campaign promises of Alvin Bragg, who claims to understand that, so often, the process is the punishment.
Alvin Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration." But that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba.
The case of Jose Alba reminds us that progressive prosecutors don't always apply their principles when they're inconvenient.
The government should loosen laws, reduce conflict between government and the public, and let people defend themselves.
Faculty/Administrator Safety Training & Emergency Response (FASTER)
No hollow promise can replace our attachments to our children, spouses, friends, and our own lives.
A crack theft leads to alleged attempted rape and the shooting of the drug dealers / alleged attempted rapist.
The Charleston (West Virginia) incident from a few days ago, the FBI 2021 statistics, and more.
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
The argument for loosening restrictions on armed self-defense goes beyond the measurable impact on public safety.
They’re not the only ones who should be allowed to protect themselves.
An interesting opinion in a case involving a form of legal insurance (from the National Association for Legal Gun Defense) for self-defense cases.
It's easy for many people to see the harm that guns are involved in every day in America, but much harder for them to see the harm that gun prohibition causes.
In the face of state failure, neglect, and overt hostility, black Americans need the right to bear arms.
The jury rightly concluded that the prosecution failed to prove its case.
An interesting passage on self-defense, which I think represents the majority though not unanimous view.
Are universities supposed to have institutional views on the facts about self-defense in a case half a continent way?
So holds a New Jersey appellate court.
If you support the duty to retreat (before using deadly force), what do you think of the duty to "comply[] with a demand ... [to] abstain from performing an act"?
But what exactly do these terms mean?
A ban won’t stop mass shootings, but it will hinder self-defense.
An interesting decision on a motion to dismiss in this libel lawsuit.
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