Serial child molester enters mother’s home wearing a Jason mask. She shot a little low, to my thinking….

A lady was being assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, a clerk on break helps to protect her, and gets fired, since company policy is "let it happen." The moral issue is, I think, clear, and the legal one may be so….

She’s on CNN….

The Tampa Bay Tribune ran an article claiming, from a review of 200 court cases, that defendants claiming self defense in Florida were more likely to be acquitted if the person shot was black. I posted on this a while…

I’ve noticed that, whenever a person or group objects to "no retreat," they never say just what they want to do about it, other than "talk" or "have a dialogue" on it. That’s because the purpose of the protest is…

Story with video here. The vet’s moves were about as smooth as possible. He parries the robber’s gun to the side, draws his own and … I’m sure the robber needed a change of clothing about then….

Robber with a knife goes after pizza deliveryman, and discovers that he’s just brought a knife to a gunfight. It happened in Florida, BTW….

Here’s the story. I found the statute cited: "939.06 Acquitted defendant not liable for costs.— (1) A defendant in a criminal prosecution who is acquitted or discharged is not liable for any costs or fees of the court or any ministerial office,…

Massachusetts: "In court, prosecutors described a brutal and determined attack, saying Jared Remy assaulted Martel in the kitchen, living room, on a stairway and then pinned her to the ground in the patio where he stabbed her several times. At…

"Dear gunstore lawyer. Shut. Up.". Here in AZ we have a statute that (rather generously) lays out the conditions under which may be display a gun in self-defense without actually using it. HT to Sixgun Sarah….

Pair kidnaps bank teller and her husband, force them to unlock the bank, puts loot in vehicle, forces them to drive away, at which point the husband shoots both. One robber dead, one wounded. I like stories with a happy…

A while ago I posted regarding the Tampa Bay Times’ claims that Florida’s no retreat law was racially discriminatory because conviction rates were higher when a minority member was shot. I concluded, from reviewing their raw data, and looking at…

Here’s a classic case of it, arising in Mayor Bloomberg’s own city. A violent lunatic begins stabbing people. Police are present, but flee and lock themselves in the conductor’s car for protection. An unarmed witness wrestles the lunatic down,…

Prof. Volokh has a post on the subject. English common law treated self-defense as a true affirmative defense: the burden is on the defender to prove it, and by a preponderence of the evidence (i.e., do more than raise a…

Good grief. An editorial in the Madison Times is headlined "Blacks who stand their ground often imprisoned." It cites to a Tampa Bay Times article that claimed "Defendants claiming "stand your ground" are more likely to prevail if the victim…

It’s generating some debate. This writer says it shows discrimination, when compared to the Zimmerman outcome: she just "fired a bullet into the wall of her home," to ward off an abusive husband But this article contends there’s more to…

Prof. Jacob Sullum has an article at Reason Online pointing out that sundry reporters and spokesmen are talking about "stand your ground laws," when they had nothing to do with the case (if a person is pinned to the ground,…

Petition here. We’re getting to where we may have to field armies of lawyers. They’ll do little good in combat, but will be able to comply with legal standards while being defeated. Petitioner is a platoon leader, appealing a court…

Armed junkie tries to rob pharmacies in Arizona, encounters an armed employee. Junkie flees, tries another pharmacy, and is captured at gunpoint by two armed citizens. It’s Arizona, we don’t need no steenking permits. Hat tip to Sixgun Sarah….

It refuses to indict, for homicide or gun violations, after a clear (captured on security cameras) case of self-defense. Of course, this not being NYC, I suspect the prosecutor dropped a few hints that he’d like to see the case…

In Torrance, CA. Rapist chokes woman from behind, she gets out a .22 (the .22 you have has more stopping power than the .45 you left at home) and fires two shots over her shoulder. One was a solid hit,…

Story here. I don’t know anything about such hearings, except that they are a method to try to gain pretrial dismissal. My guess would be that the defense attorneys judged the probability of a win was insufficient to offset the…

In Ohio, a group of home invasion robbers breaks in, waving a plastic gun, and finds the homeowner has a real one. I dead, 1 wounded, four captured….

I think this CCW holder handled things very well….

Robber enters a nail salon, probably figuring it was a safe target, and pulls out a gun. "At that moment, a woman who was getting her nails done reached into her purse and got her own firearm." The robber thought…

I’d say it looks like George Zimmerman indeed got beaten up. But the prize for "bad choice of wording" goes to the attorney who filed suit against him: ""Trayvon Martin …. had every right to stand his ground to defend…

A robber sticks up an Auto Zone. An employee runs out to his car, gets his gun, returns with it, and the robber flees. His manager is grateful, but company HQ fires the employee because he violated their policy against…

To the great disappointment of those opposed to self-defense. One amusing side issue. The article claims "Two dozen states have passed similar laws since 2005, and several studies show that so-called "justifiable homicides" have increased significantly in the places that…