Bruen: The Constitution Prevails?
NYSRPA v. Bruen is the third significant Second Amendment case in American history. Heller affirmed the right to keep and …
Tag Archives: self-defense
Self-Defense: “Well, Did He Need Killin’?”
“Well, did he need killin’?” The stereotypical, redneck southern sheriff asks the deputy as he arrives at the crime scene. …
Guns And Liberty, 2022, Part 8
All the articles in this series may be found by entering “guns and liberty 2022” into the SMM homepage search …
Guns And Liberty, 2022: Part 4
All articles in this series may be found by entering “guns and liberty 2022” into the SMM homepage search bar.
Guns And Liberty, 2022: Part 3
The second article of this series ended with this paragraph: Let us assume that this article has, at least, inspired thought …
Guns And Liberty, 2022: Part 2
Last week’s installment of this updated series–enter “guns and liberty 2022–in the SMM homepage search bar to find the entire series–asked …
Vigilantism: For What Do We Stand?
Vigilante (noun): a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of …
The Rittenhouse Case, #10: Just When You Think The Prosecution Couldn’t Sink Any Lower…
Extraordinary. Take this link to Andrew Branca, who provides video of the closing arguments, the State’s rebuttal by ADA Kraus and …
The Rittenhouse Case, #3: The Prosecution Shoots Itself In The Foot
Let us, gentle readers, review the legal criteria for self-defense as applicable to this trial. Remember these criteria apply to …
The Rittenhouse Case 2.2: Another Backward Trial
We’re now three days into the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse for multiple felony counts. As I suggested in Update 2, I …
The Rittenhouse Case, #2: Pre-Trial Sparring
My sole article on the Rittenhouse case to date is The Rittenhouse Incident: Self-Defense? posted on 09-09-20. Take that link …
The McCloskey Case: Final Disposition
I last wrote about the McCloskey case on July 28 in The McCloskey Disposition: D/S/C Intentions. That article noted the final …
The McCloskey Disposition: D/S/C Intentions
I first addressed the bizarre, but constitutionally troubling, political prosecution of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, both St. Louis lawyers, in …
Capital Coverup 6: Transparency
As regular readers know, I’ve been writing about the faux “insurrection” at the Capital Building on January 6, 2021 for …
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