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Podcast: The Andrew Branca Show
Episode: Contradictions Exposed: Trusting Statutes, Landing in Jail!
Description: You might believe that if you keep yourself within the plain English reading of a statute, you'd be safe from criminal liability.In fact, you'd be mistaken in that belief. Statutes don't mean what their plain English reading might suggest they mean. As a result, following the plain English reading of a statute can easily trap you into a lengthy prison sentence.In doing a periodic update of our state-specific use-of-force law content for our Law of Self Defense Members I was reminded of a perfect illustration of this danger, which is what we'll be...