brandishing

When Showing Your Gun Goes Wrong: Key Lessons from CCW Safe’s Defensive Display vs. Brandishing Training

By Jacob Paulsen / December 17, 2025

Learn the critical difference between defensive display vs brandishing from CCW Safe’s legal experts. Real cases, legal principles, and survival rules.

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Oklahoma Enacts HB2818: A Win for Defensive Gun Rights

By Jacob Paulsen / May 18, 2025

Oklahoma just expanded legal protections for gun owners who use or display a firearm in self-defense. HB2818 is a big win for common-sense carry rights. Here’s what changed.

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Episode 440: The Gray Area – When You Can Make Threats With A Gun

By Jacob Paulsen / August 21, 2020

Andrew Branca joins Jacob Paulsen to address an area of law often misunderstood that has real implications for concealed carriers. Are there situations when it is ok to draw the firearm and make threats with the firearm but it is illegal to use that gun?

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Doctor Points Gun At Protesters Outside Clinic

By Joshua Gillem / October 21, 2019

This story will be two parts, one part news and one part opinion where I dissect the some of the more intricate parts of deadly force. Now that you know…

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Episode 212: Self-Defense Law Q&A with Andrew Branca

By Riley Bowman / March 30, 2018

Today Riley is flying solo with the podcast and presents the pre-recorded interview he and Jacob did together with self-defense law expert Andrew Branca at SHOT Show 2018. We cover a variety of topics dealing with the difference between the threat of force and use of deadly force, brandishing, and understanding where the legal boundaries are that will keep you protected from prosecution.

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