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Zimmerman Libel Suit Against NBC Thrown Out

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 30, 2014 61 Comments

Judge Debra Nelson, who presided at murder trial, rules Zimmerman's victim status alone is sufficient to subject him to deliberate libel

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One Way Florida’s “Warning Shot” Bill Could Help Marissa Alexander

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 27, 2014 8 Comments

Changes to Florida's "10-20-Life" law open door to sentencing discretion in cases of aggravated assault.

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Florida’s just-signed “warning shot” law unlikely to help Marissa Alexander

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 24, 2014 28 Comments

Marissa Alexander supporters grasping at "warning shot" law straws

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Florida “Warning Shot” Bill Signed Into Law

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 20, 2014 5 Comments

Governor Rick Scott signs HB-89 into law 11 weeks after it passed FL legislature

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Supreme Court Affirms Conviction In Gun “Straw Purchase” Case

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 16, 2014 64 Comments

Lying to buy gun in place of a 3rd party is a felony even if the 3rd party would be lawful purchaser.

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Marissa Alexander’s Desperate Efforts for Self-Defense Immunity Hearing Delayed Again

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 11, 2014 22 Comments

Whether to allow immunity hearing now delayed until August. Trial moved from July to December.

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Michael Dunn Re-Trial for killing Jordan Davis set for September

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 09, 2014 2 Comments

Dunn will be re-tried on the first-degree murder hung at trial, with jury selection to begin September 22.

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Upcoming Florida Sup Ct ruling on 10-20-Life sentences may seal Marissa Alexander’s fate

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 09, 2014 26 Comments

Decison on mandatory consecutive sentences will determine whether Marissa Alexander faces 60-plus year sentence on re-trial

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Stand-Your-Ground: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It’s Important

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 06, 2014 22 Comments

Law of Self Defense Launches Weekly Video/Podcasts, Episode 1.

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NRA: “small number… crossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness”

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 02, 2014 37 Comments

The NRA concludes that these open carry activists are alienating the public and harming gun rights.

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Op-Ed: “Open Carry” Activists Score Yet Another Own Goal

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 21, 2014 171 Comments

The armed demonstrations of "Open Carry" activists sets back gun rights movement.

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“Road Rage” Murder Trial Delayed to July

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 21, 2014 31 Comments

Trial now scheduled to start July 21; jury selection on July 18.

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New Orleans D.A. Drops Merritt Landry Self-Defense Shooting of Black 14-Year-Old

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 15, 2014 90 Comments

DA Cannizzaro: "Following Coulter's most recent burglary arrests, any case that this office had against Landry was irreversibly damaged."

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Teenage burglar in New Orleans self defense case charged in separate home invasion

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 06, 2014 20 Comments

Marshall Coulter, shot while attempting to burglarize Merritt Landry, has been accused of another burglary after the shooting, and now also for a home invasion committed in 2012 when he was 13 years old

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‘Stand Your Ground’ Repeal Effort Mercifully Dies In Florida Senate

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 05, 2014 5 Comments

SB116 spent almost nine months dying a slow death in the state Senate, receiving not even a single vote in any committee

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Journalists Continue to Suffer From Rabid “StandYourGroundPhobia”

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 04, 2014 36 Comments

Stand-Your-Ground can have no application in one's home when the Castle Doctrine already relieves any duty to retreat.

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Teenage burglar in high-profile New Orleans self-defense case burglarizes again

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 03, 2014 56 Comments

15-year-old Marshall Coulter, previously shot by Merritt Landry, apparently so eager to resume burglary that not even bullet through head was disincentive.

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