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The exciting back-to-school time of year is here again, but unfortunately, this year it is affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Many schools around the State...

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School is coming back into session but due to Covid-19 this school year appears primed to be anything but normal. Different school districts are...

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The school year has started in Florida, but this year is unlike any that has come before. In these unprecedented times, school districts have had...

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Mark your calendar! On Friday, August 14, 2020, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a three-year old ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, otherwise known as large-capacity magazines (LCM). This is a significant precedent in favor of gun rights and the right to self-defense.

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In our more than ten years representing U.S. & Texas LawShield members, we have had plenty of experience dealing with what people have done to make...

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The start of the school year in Texas brings with it a host of new challenges in the wake of a global pandemic and civil unrest. This time has brought...

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Michigan’s laws generally favor one’s ability to use force in self-defense under certain circumstances. Surprisingly, the words “force,” “deadly force,” and “non-deadly force”...

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Before examining the right of self-defense in Tennessee, it is important to understand what force and deadly force mean here.  Force is defined as “compulsion by the use of physical power or violence.”

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In New Mexico, the use of force and deadly force may be legally justified under certain circumstances. This article will first address the use of...

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Jane Doe is awoken in the middle of the night to the sounds in her backyard. She looks out her bedroom window and sees three young men spray painting...

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The distinction between an act that is a crime and one that is carried out in self-defense requires a determination of who is the aggressor...

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The legal concept of one’s ability to defend themselves is not new concept. It can be dated all the way back to ancient Rome...

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