The Andrew Branca Show

LOSD Members receive early access to this content. Try out LOSD Membership for only 99¢! https://lawofselfdefense.com/trial Sharing here a discussion between myself and Mickey Schuch of CarryTrainer.com about how even the most lawful cases of self-defense can still end up in a conviction. Enjoy! BECOME AN EXPERT IN SELF-DEFENSE LAW IN ONE DAY! Only twice a year Attorney Andrew Branca teaches his f...

LOSD Members receive early access to this content. Try out LOSD Membership for only 99¢! https://lawofselfdefense.com/trial In the wake of Hurricane Helene, and with increasing reports of looting starting to take place, an interesting question comes to mind-- When can you use deadly force against looters in the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster, when the normal food, water, shelter, medi...

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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 kind enough to share that show with me so that I could share it with all of you. Enjoy! THERE IS ONLY ONE SELF-DEFENSE "INSURANCE" PROVIDER I TRUST! There are lots of self-defense "insurance&q...

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 send me the copy of the completed show so that I could share it with the Law of Self Defense community directly. Enjoy! THERE IS ONLY ONE SELF-DEFENSE "INSURANCE" PROVIDER I TRUST! There are lots...

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. Last week special prosecutor Kari Morrissey filed a motion to reconsider this dismissal with prejudice with Judge Sommer—and that’s what we’ll be taking a look at in t...

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 Intentionally and falsely characterizing someone of having committed a crime is generally defamation per se, meaning that the person wrongfully accused is presumptively entitled to monetary damages.  Even worse, when t...

[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-thru customer while he was in the process of committing an armed robbery at a restaurant in Santa Ana on Saturday. Steve Rodriguez, 60, entered the Cozy Corner r...

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 attacked. Now the shooter, Scott Hayes, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and is looking at 10 years in prison. (UPDATE: In th...

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 refuses, makes a bunch of zany claims—such as “I own your house now”—and ultimately places the woman under arrest and handcuffs her.  Could this possibly be lawful cond...

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 to be unlawfully non-compliant with lawful orders given by the police for purposes of safety, to the point where the police must compel compliance by dragging him from h...

[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’re driving along, your wife in the passenger seat beside you, when a car cuts you off.  That driver jumps out with a GUN in HAND as he angrily approaches your vehicle, spewing profanities.  You’ve got your own...

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 right, on the legal merits. The reason this killing is likely unlawful rests on the element Innocence, one of the elements required for a valid claim of se...

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 to exercising Second Amendment rights, in this particular case while lounging by a swimming pool of all places. As an added bonus, watch even all the people WITH...

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 the officer simply EXECUTE this poor dog? Could there be ANY legal justification for this officer’s use of deadly force to kill a family pet? The legal answer, like it or not...

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 that the suspect was armed.  Is this police shooting of a fleeing, apparently unarmed, black suspect in the back yet another example of police systemic racism and ex...

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 to reports of an apparently violent domestic violence complaint when Fortson responded to the door knock with a gun in hand--at which point the deputy s...

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 DISSENT of that ruling. We previously read the majority opinion of that ruling HERE . The defendant was charged with felony assault, and raised the legal defense of self-defense. At a b...

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 felony assault, and raised the legal defense of self-defense. At a bench trial the judge ruled that the defendant's conduct could not qualify as self-defense becaus...

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 to review once again the body worn camera footage of the encounter between Sonya Massey and deputies that led to her death, streaming right through without commen...

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 FREE Copy of Our Best-Selling Book: "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" Visit Here: https://lawofselfdefense.com/getthebook "You are wise to buy this material. I...

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 other crimes. In my legal analysis I concluded that the available evidence--in the form of the body worn camera video of Grayson and a second deputy with him at...

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 TRUTH of the police shooting of Sonya Massey. FREE BOOK: "The Law of Self Defense: Principles" Visit Here: https://lawofselfdefense.com/getthebook "You are...

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. Exactly how incompetent were some of those agents on scene? In today's show we illustrate exactly their level of incompetence, by contrasting their performanc...

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 shooting an unnecessary murder? Manslaughter? Or could this have been an entirely lawful killing of another human being in the middle of a public roadway?  Join me LIVE at 11AM ET to...