Category: Self-Defense

The following is a video transcript. It’s Saturday night. As you reach for the popcorn, you notice the motion sensor lights outside kick on. You look outside. You see a group of teenagers scattering across your front yard, heading for... [Read More]

On June 21st, 2014, Governor Rick Scott signed House Bill 89 (HB 89), making it law. The media inappropriately labeled HB 89 “The warning shot law.” However, nowhere in HB 89 or Florida’s statutes will you find the words “warning... [Read More]

Are warning shots okay? Warning shots are not specifically addressed anywhere in Georgia law, but what if you do fire a warning shot? Can you be charged with a crime? Yes, you certainly can. Consider “reckless conduct” found in Official... [Read More]

Hi. Evan Nappen here, Independent Program Attorney from New Jersey for U.S. LawShield. Today, I want to talk about warning shots. Are warning shots ever advisable? Let me say this: I would advise against warning shots for a number of... [Read More]

We’ve probably all seen it in movies and on television shows: the use of a warning shot to get the bad guys to back off. Seems like a good idea, right? In real life it isn’t. If you reasonably believe... [Read More]

Title 21 section 1364, entitled “Discharging firearm,” states that “every person who willfully discharges any pistol, rifle, shotgun, airgun or other weapon, or throws any other missile in any public place, or in any place where there is any person... [Read More]

It’s midnight, and you awaken to strange sounds somewhere outside the front of your home. You get out of bed, grab your firearm, run to your front window and look outside. That’s when you see a masked man in your... [Read More]

I want to talk today about some practical uses of our Castle Doctrine here in Colorado and how that might be applicable to you in the unfortunate circumstance where you may be dealing with an intruder. Castle Doctrine in Colorado... [Read More]

Everyone knows you can defend yourself in your home. But what about protecting other property? Using Force to Defend Property Florida Statute 776.031 allows a person to use or threaten to use non-deadly force if: they reasonably believe such conduct is... [Read More]

Defending Property Let’s discuss the law and the limits to defending your property in Georgia. Georgia law allows a person to protect their property with force from another’s unlawful interference or trespass onto that property. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, the... [Read More]