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Who is Attorney Andrew Branca? Does His Opinion Matter?

by Matthew Maruster 

Attorney Andrew Branca is making waves with his daily analysis of the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial. National mainstream media news even are asking that he share his legal opinions on this volatile case. For many, Attorney Branca's name might be new. However, to us at Concealed Carry, Atty. Branca has long been known for his expertise in the area of self-defense law.

The not-guilty verdicts on all counts against Kyle Rittenhouse may surprise some.

And truthfully, we never know what a jury will find, but Attorney Branca's daily coverage of the trial pointed to this acquittal as a rational evidence-supported outcome.

Who is Andrew Branca?

I am not writing a biography on the man. However, it is probably appropriate to establish a little background as to why his legal opinion would matter in the least.

Atty. Branca's understanding of self-defense law comes from his 30 plus years of legal work in the state of Massachusetts. This recent interest in Atty. Branca isn't new for the national media. Over the years, outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post have referred to Branca's thoughts on legal self-defense issues.

Andrew is an occasional Guest Instructor and subject matter expert (SME) on self-defense law at the following:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy at Quantico
• And the Sig Sauer Academy

Andrew has been the legal expert co-host on the Outdoor Channel's TV show The Best Defense.

Attorney, Author, Instructor:

Attorney Branca's the author of a book titled The Law of Self Defense Principles. This is the book I repeatedly refer others to as the most thorough yet easy-to-understand explanation of self-defense law.

In addition to Andrew's book, his online and DVD courses of the same name provide incredible insight and teaching, critical for concealed carriers' understanding of crucial legal self-defense law. While Branca practices law in Massachusetts, he's put together supplemental courses for each state in the country explaining the various statutes and case law pertaining specifically to that state's self-defense law.

Andrew Branca has carefully constructed an instructor program and other courses to help grasp the complexities of legal self-defense.

Our Respect for Branca's Legal Opinions:

It shouldn't be a surprise that a significant percentage of our audience are folks who carry a firearm for self-defense. We always suggest that you seek competent legal representation if you have legal questions about your state's self-defense laws and how the court has applied them in actual cases.

That said, Attorney Branca's legal opinions are sound, and he explains them with logical reasoning. That is to say, his books and instruction are instrumental and provide an invaluable foundation for an understanding of self-defense law.

As a site that tries to provide a wealth of instructional information to our audience, we've been a conduit for Andrew's expert legal analysis.

Andrew Branca Has appeared as a guest on our highly ranked Concealed Carry Podcast. Here are just some of the episodes:

Episode 148 – Discussing Stand Your Ground Law

Episode 212 – Self-Defense Law Q&A

Episode 330 – Legal Q&A with Andrew Branca and Chad Enos

Episode 440 – The Gray Area, When You Can Make Threats With a Gun

Finally:

I hope this post helps you learn more about Attorney Branca and why experts like Massad Ayoob wrote the forward to Andrew's The Law of Self Defense book.

What's more, the legal team at CCW Safe, my recommendation for the best self-defense legal defense organization, respects his opinions on self-defense law, and syndicate some of his trial coverage.

I'll close with Attorney Branca's catchphrase:

Carry A Gun So You're Hard To Kill, Know The Law So You're Hard To Convict

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How to Create a Pick-and-Roll Offense

• By Brandon Ogle
 

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Due to a variety of reasons, basketball has become more up-tempo over the years. Coaches have become enthused with the use of speed to take advantage of opponents and create more fast breaks. Perhaps no one has adopted this philosophy to a greater degree than former NBA head coach Mike D’Antoni. His pick-and-roll offense first gained prominence with Steve Nash’s Phoenix Suns and then later in New York with the Knicks.

Seven Seconds or Less Principle

One of the key concepts behind Mike D’Antoni’s offense was this idea of the seven seconds or less principle. It has been well documented and was even the subject of the book, :07 Seconds or Less, which was released in 2006 telling the story of these run and gun Suns. This principle centers on the mindset that while there are good shots, there is always a better shot. Further, when you play offense at such a high-tempo, the defense doesn’t have time to get set. If you take too long to get a shot off, the defense can get set up like they’ve planned. When utilized effectively, there are usually fewer turnovers since fewer passes will be thrown (hence, only 7 seconds are used). While some may argue that this run-and-gun approach takes away from the traditional values of playing in half-court sets, it has been proven to work at all levels.

Relying on Speed

If you don’t have speed and quickness on your team, then the pick-and-roll offense will likely not be as effective.

D’Antoni’s teams were often quicker than the other teams. It’s not that other NBA teams weren’t conditioned enough to compete with the Suns, rather D’Antoni had his players operating on the mindset that they needed to get the ball up the floor as quick as possible. Less thinking was required on the players, as they were focused on speed rather than plays. When you’re attacking this quickly, opposing big men have trouble keeping up. For coaches out there that may suffer from a size advantage, this offense will work for you because it combats many of the strengths of having a bigger team. Ultimately, it is a way for smaller teams to put paint points on the board.

Presence of Pure Shooters

A short look through the stats of the 2005 Suns reveals they had plenty of three point shooters. Quentin Richardson, Joe Johnson, Shawn Marion, Steve Nash, Leandro Barbosa, and Jim Jackson made up the list of these long-range bombers. The reason why the utilization of these players is so important is because it is an aspect that was missing for so long from the up-tempo offenses. This concentration of perimeter players allows a team to capitalize on nearly every fast break opportunity. In the end, the fast break situation will play out like this: The ball-handler races up the floor to attack the paint. While the opposing big men are still on their way down the court, the backpedaling wings will most likely collapse in the paint to get in front of the charging ball-handler. With this being the case, the ball-handler can either attack the wings to draw a foul or kick it out to one of the sharpshooters around the arc.

Making the Defense Commit

In all of the situations dealing with up-tempo and pick-and-roll offenses, the defense will have to decide how to react. An article from Knicker Blogger brings up some of the various decisions a team can make in response to the frequent pick-and-rolls in D’Antoni’s offense utilizing the point guard (Raymond Felton) and heavily-used post player (Amare Stoudemire).

Big Shows: Here, Stoudemire’s man comes out and shows, thus preventing an easy jumper from Felton off the screen. However, Stoudemire’s speed allows him to get to the hoop quicker. A simple pass over the top or lob can take advantage of this. If a third defender helps, Stoudemire will have an open shooter somewhere around the arc.

Big and Small Switch: When this happens, the point guard (Felton) is able to have a situation matched up with a slower big. His quickness would allow him to either drive to the paint or work the big in a one-on-one situation to get a medium range jumper.

Big Stays with Big: In a situation like this, Felton would immediately be able to go around the screen ahead of the trailing guard. With the opposing big stuck to Stoudemire, a third defender will collapse on Felton’s drive. Then, Felton utilizes his decision making to find an open shooter.

Big Splits the Difference: The last decision would be for the defense to leave the big closer to the basket and not attack the pick and roll. However, here if either of the players can knock down a long-range jumper, it would be available.

As seen with these numerous different decisions, the key is to make the defense decide first before the offense reacts. The speed and presence of shooters allows the offense to have more ways to react on any given play.

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Crucial Chemistry

As with any aspect of basketball, players must have chemistry with their teammates to be efficient and effective. Through practice with each other, it becomes easier to understand tendencies and preferences. More than ever, in a pick-and-roll offense, players have to know where guys like to spot up. Even though I mentioned spot-up shooters as being essential, there are going to be guys that tend to evaporate towards the corners on fast breaks. As for teams at lower levels, not all of the point guards will have the ability to handle the ball effectively with both hands. To assist the point guard, teams must design pick-and-rolls that play to the dominant hand to open up either driving lanes to that side or passing opportunities.

Dynamite Scorer Not Needed Necessarily

One of the benefits to this type of offense is that you don’t need a guy who can score on their own. While this may be nice when the shot clock is ticking down, the pick-and-roll offense doesn’t expect to ever be in a situation like this. Rather, the goal is to spread the floor and move the ball around quickly to get an open shot before the defense can get set. So while you don’t need the dynamite scorer, two of the key attributes needed are an intelligent point guard and versatile bigs.

The point guard is relied on to make many decisions over the course of the game, whether it be bringing the ball up on a fast break or evaluating the defense’s approach to a particular pick-and-roll. If your point guard can’t make consistent good decisions and find open shooters, then the pick-and-roll offense will fall flat on its face. Similarly, the bigs are just as important. They can’t be mere post-up players. Instead, they must be able to spread the court and knock down jumpers to keep the defense honest.

Not Many Set Plays

As you can probably guess, this run-and-gun basketball style doesn’t require a lot of set plays. Particularly in the fast break opportunities, teams are looking to find the best shot available in as short a time as possible. However, many of the pick-and-rolls can be set plays. Whether it involves the passes after the initial screen or what the big does on the roll, coaches can offer plenty of flexibility. Despite this, I urge coaches to not be so strict on set plays in this offense. There are so many variables to account for that you can’t possibly instill set plays if you want to take full advantage of your speed.

Still Got to Play Defense

Offense is fun to watch. Every kid wants to be the one that scores baskets. After all, you have to score to win and this is what Mike D’Antoni’s offense is best at. However, when I see this, I keep going back to an old quote. “Offense wins games, defense wins championships.” This mindset of running your opponent off the floor can definitely be effective, but if you can’t defend you aren’t going to win the big one. D’Antoni’s Suns teams never won the championship, but were successful in the regular season. Despite having elite defenders like Shawn Marion, they seemed to struggle against teams that would get up underneath them. For this reason, I would encourage coaches to spend enough time on defensive drills in practice in addition to implementing the high-octane offensive attack. You need to have a couple shutdown defenders to cover the opposing scorers in half-court sets. Remember, the opponents usually aren’t going to be running the pick-and-roll offense, so you’ll have to be able to defend for longer periods in half-court formations.

Understand Your Personnel

Just like any offense, teams must build their offensive strategy around the players they have on the roster. The pick-and-roll offense is a perfect fit for possibly undersized teams that have a smart ball-handler, versatile bigs, and an array of long-range shooters. However, you have to remember offense is only half the game and while Mike D’Antoni’s teams consistently scored the highest points per game, they struggled on the other end. Always think about the full picture!

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Seven Easy Christmas Party Games (Part 1)

• Author Andrew Low

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, when people all over the world celebrate the birth of Jesus. They also spend some quality time with family, friends and other special people. And did I mention the Christmas parties?

Christmas parties are not always effortless to plan, but these seven easy Christmas party games will make it much simpler.

All I Want For Christmas is a good game to introduce everyone at a party. One player starts by saying, "My name is ... All I Want for Christmas is..." before naming an item. The next player then says, "All (name of first player) wants for Christmas is ... My name is ... and all I want for Christmas is ..." Successive player build up the phrase until one player cannot repeat the phrase and is out. The phrase is then started again. As an alternative, players may only be required to repeat the previous two player's answers.

Christmas Stocking Story is a fun, active game for younger children. Children are seated in a circle and given the name of an item that could be found in a traditional Christmas stocking, such as a doll, car, train, colouring book, etc. An adult story-teller begins to tell a story and each time their name or item is mentioned, the child jumps up, turns around and sits back down. The story-teller should try to ensure that each child's name and/or item is mentioned at least once. If the word "stocking" is mentioned in the story, all the children stand up, turn around and sit back down. There are no winners or losers in this game.

All Tied Up is an active team game for as many participants as want to play. They form two teams in circles, with one team given a ball of green twine and other a ball of red twine. On a given signal, the first player in each team winds the twine once around their waist and passes the ball to the next player who does the same, and so on. The first team to finish unwinding their ball of twine and is all tied up wins the game.

Christmas Treasure is an active yet quiet game for two players, both blindfolded. One is given a small 'Christmas treasure' such as a piece of candy. Both players start at opposite corners of a large table and must keep one hand in contact with the table at all times. The other player (the hunter) has thirty seconds to sneak up on the first player and touch him on top of his head, while the first player tries to evade the hunter. If the hunter succeeds, they get to keep the treasure; otherwise the first player keeps it. Multiple rounds ensure that everyone can have a chance to win a treasure.

In the final part of Seven Easy Christmas Party Games, we will examine at two quieter party games and a fun gift exchange game.

Our website provides details on these and various other easy Christmas party games.

Andrew owns Family Games Treasurehouse which has rules for over two hundred family games. Visit http://www.family-games-treasurehouse.com/ebook-sales.html and sign up for our free newsletter to download our ebook, "25 Family Dice Games" or purchase our ebook "The Family Guide to Christmas Party Games" with twenty-four fantastic Christmas games. This article is copyright but may be freely republished provided the text, author credit, site links and this copyright notice remain intact.

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by Dan Fichter

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WALKING IN SAFETY And Kingdom Authority

 

by Creflo Dollar 

Have you ever been in a situation where you felt vulnerable or at risk of something bad happening? Most of us can remember the intensely uncomfortable feeling we got when we sensed the possibility of danger. We all have a basic need to feel safe; this need must be addressed before we can move forward and accomplish what we set out to do. While the world turns to its own resources for protection, believers can depend on a supernatural source of security that never fails.

This teaching is from the series entitled Kingdom Citizenship Authority available on our Munroe Global Media app .

Kingdom Citizenship Authority

1. Kingdom Authority

2. Kingdom Theology of The Bible

3. Law Abiding Citizen

4. Understanding The Power of Civic Rights

God’s will is for His children to walk in perfect peace and security. When we trust Him in this area, absolutely nothing can harm us. As born-again Christians, we can expect to be protected on every level when evil is all around us. “But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence” (1 Kings 5:4, NKJV). In this dangerous world, the safest place to be is in the will of God.

Believers are set apart from everyone else. That means that when others live in fear of what they see around them, we walk through life in confidence and peace. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). We know by faith that we’re safe, regardless of the situation. This gives us a boldness others don’t have.

The boldness we have in the face of danger isn’t the absence of common sense; it’s the result of a decision to lean on our heavenly Father for our safety. When it seems like we’re trapped, we know that God will deliver us. “So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Hebrews 13:6). God is the one who pulls us out of the pit and moves us into a safe place.

Our security is grounded in our knowledge of God’s true nature. We’re not afraid when trouble shows up, because we know who our protector is. The God who created the earth and the entire universe is the same God who remains at our side when disaster strikes. He’ll never leave us to face a bad situation on our own. “But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one” (2 Thessalonians 3:3, NKJV).

Others may be fearful because they’re keenly aware of their weaknesses, and unsure of whether they can hold up under adversity. We don’t have to fear because we know God has no weaknesses, and we can rely on Him to keep us safe. Knowing His nature enables us to stand out from the crowd and do extraordinary feats that others wouldn’t dare try. “…But the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits” (Daniel 11:32).

Those who don’t know God can always have a nagging worry that they might walk into a bad situation without knowing it. We don’t have to concern ourselves with that, because our relationship with Jesus puts the responsibility for watching over us squarely on Him. We can be confident that He’ll preserve and protect us, no matter what we do or where we go. “The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore” (Psalm 121:7, 8, NIV). Walking in this knowledge gives us true peace of mind.  

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by Scott Peterman

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We researched Legendary basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski to find out the in's and out's of Duke's potent offense. This playbook will show what Coach K does on his man-to-man and zone offenses, along with several quick hitters in the half-court and underneath the basket that have led to many open looks for his players. You'll learn how to run these plays against multiple styles of defense, and you'll also learn the spacing and tempo required in this offense.

Lean Coach K's primary and secondary break actions that are essential in the Duke offense. How he uses various spots and actions in each position to create angles against the defense. 

Here's an opportunity to observe numerous flexible set plays that Duke uses to attack half-court defenses. You will see how Coach Krzyzewski gets his team to flow into half-court offense from transition for an up-tempo style of play that emphasizes spreading the floor with shooters and attacking with ball screens. Learn all the multiple scoring options are demonstrated in Coach K's set plays to show you how you can get a shot for the player you want in crunch time. Book this course........

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Stop letting your opponent's defense dictate the plays you run. With this offensive system, you'll learn the set plays that can be used with great success against most half-court defenses. By eliminating the need to memorize new plays, this system also frees up practice time for other team needs.

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