Personal Defense Tip: Don’t Just Ask For An Attorney In the Aftermath of a Defensive Gun Use

If you haven’t thought about what to do and say after a use of force incident, you really should. After all, you don’t want to avoid victimization by a criminal attacker only to be later victimized by the criminal justice system. If you don’t know what to say to responding officers (and their buddies, the … Read more

Fake News: Media Reports of America’s ‘Permissive’ Self-Defense Laws Don’t Reflect Reality

…Vox offered the perspective that “America’s self-defense laws are incredibly permissive, making it difficult to convict someone in a violent situation who claims to fear for their life.” A New York Magazine article similarly asserted that there is an “anarchy latent in America’s … expansive self-defense rights,” and that America’s “increasingly permissive self-defense laws” have opened “up a … Read more

Self Defense as a Motorist in a Riotous Attack

Those of us who have been around a while have the graphic 1992 attack of Reginald Denny burned into our psyche. In recent days, we’ve been treated to footage from Charlotte, North Carolina, scenes of violent troublemakers blockading traffic, then looting tractor-trailers and attacking motorists based upon the skin color of their drivers. What happens … Read more