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Following Bruen, Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Law Prohibiting People Subject to Protection Orders From Possessing Firearms

February 2, 2023 Ryan Semerad

Update July 4, 2023: On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Government’s petition for certiorari in Rahimi and will review this decision

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Wyoming Supreme Court Expands “Castle Doctrine”

December 4, 2022 Ryan Semerad

(Source: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) SNAPSHOT Wyoming’s castle doctrine protects force used to protect against intruders or would-be intruders near vehicles

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Self-Defense: Defense of Others

May 18, 2022 Ryan Semerad

In early 2021, the Wyoming Supreme Court considered when you can use force to defend another from harm or threatened harm. This is commonly called

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Self-Defense: Wyoming’s “Castle Doctrine”

February 22, 2021 Ryan Semerad

IMPORTANT UPDATE (modified December 5, 2022) On December 1, 2022, the Wyoming Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision expanded Wyoming’s “castle doctrine” to protect individuals

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Self-Defense

February 22, 2021 Ryan Semerad

If you’re charged with an assault, battery, or even a homicide, you may be able to defend yourself against the charge by showing that you

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