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Charged or Not? MA Woman Shoots Attackers Who Kicked in Door

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 15, 2015 32 Comments

In rare event, user of deadly defensive force not charged and prosecuted.

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VIDEO: Retired Teacher Faces 10 Years for Flintlock Possession

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 15, 2015 76 Comments

Welcome to New Jersey

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VIDEO: WA Police Kill Man Throwing Stones at Cars, Officers

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 13, 2015 28 Comments

Man fatally shot when he points hands at officers as if holding weapon.

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Federal Court: Handgun Transfer Ban Unconstitutional

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 12, 2015 14 Comments

...under both strict and intermediate scrutiny!

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Charges dropped against George Zimmerman in alleged wine bottle assault

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 30, 2015 38 Comments

State drops prosecution as ex-girlfriend recants her accusation of aggravated assault

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Marissa “Just a Warning Shot” Alexander Released From Jail

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 28, 2015 22 Comments

Alexander escapes mandatory minimum 60-year sentence

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Body Cam Video may exonerate white OK officer in shooting black suspect

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 25, 2015 106 Comments

Pastor called 911 because suspect apparently intended to murder ex-girlfriend at her wedding.

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VIDEO: Dashcam captures NJ police shooting of black man

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 22, 2015 53 Comments

Shooting "victim" Reid previously served 13 years for shooting at NJ State Troopers

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Reports say DOJ won’t bring #Ferguson civil rights charges

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 21, 2015 34 Comments

DOJ concludes police shooting of Michael Brown cannot support Civil Rights charges

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Deja Vu: George Zimmerman Charged with Aggravated Assault

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 10, 2015 72 Comments

Zimmerman's girlfriend pulled over by police, tells them he had thrown wine bottle at her days earlier

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Bridgeton, NJ: Another Alleged “Hands Up” Police Killing of Black Man

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 07, 2015 21 Comments

Two New Jersey police officers fire when a traffic stop goes bad, killing 36-year-old Jerame Reid

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Is there a Constitutional right of self-defense against attacking animals?

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 27, 2014 27 Comments

An illustration of why "bad cases make for bad law."

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New Trial for Man Who Video Recorded Own “Self-Defense” Shooting

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 19, 2014 22 Comments

A Texas Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a Houston man, Raul Rodriguez, convicted in 2012 of murder for the shooting death of a neighbor, Kelly Danaher, in 2010, on the grounds of defective jury instructions on self-defense, according to reports by ABC news...

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GUILTY: Montana Homeowner Who “Baited” Intruder Convicted

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 17, 2014 62 Comments

Markus Kaarma is convicted of deliberate homicide

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VERDICT WATCH: Montana Homeowner Accused of “Baiting” Intruder

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 17, 2014 26 Comments

Markus Karma, charged with deliberate homicide, faces 10-year-minimum if jury convicts.

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The next big police shooting Grand Jury decision … in Houston

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 16, 2014 23 Comments

In echoes of Ferguson shooting, police report unarrmed black man put hands to waistband, charged police officer

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Trial Underway of Homeowner Accused of “Baiting” Intruder

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 10, 2014 90 Comments

If you CREATE the necessity for using force in self-defense, it's NOT self-defense.

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