Self Defense News

Fontaine, 25, was on trial for a second time in connection with the March 2009 shootout that left Phillip George dead and a patron of Club Lexus in Smith Bay wounded.

The debate over the death penalty has been renewed by the national coverage given to Jodi Arias' murder conviction.

The pattern is sickeningly familiar: After every atrocity committed in the name of Islam, left-wing intellectuals and celebrities, scarcely bothering to conceal their schadenfreude, start lecturing us on the West's moral failings.

As part of a joint training effort by the Jefferson City Police Department and Cole County Sheriff's Department, a no-cost Rape Aggression Defense course is being offered to the public.

The Grays Harbor County prosecutor says Thurston County SWAT officers were justified in fatally shooting a man during a standoff in March in Hoquiam.

A 47-year-old man who shot his friend at his Olympia home during a brawl after an evening of drinking in November pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault Friday as part of a plea deal and will serve no time in jail.

Farmers wearing bulletproof vests and toting assault rifles ride in pick-up trucks emblazoned with the word "self-defense" to protect this rural western Mexico town from the Knights Templar drug cartel.

The Nebraska Supreme Court says Nebraska's self-defense law, which says a person does not have to retreat from his home before using deadly force in self-defense, covers those fending off an attack from a roommate.

The man in charge of the jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder, but could not reach agreement on whether her life should be spared, described the process as "gut-wrenching" and said he and his fellow jurors struggled to contain their emotions.

Jennifer Auh reports on suspect in recent sexual assault case, still on the loose.

A home invasion in Union County turned deadly when the people inside shot and killed the armed intruder.

At the Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, NJ, Mark Donelly demonstrated the obscure art of Bartitsu, a Victorian system of self defense practiced by Sherlock Holmes.

Police believe two sisters are the brains behind a home invasion in Holt earlier this month.

Attorney Dave Fedor told the jury prosecutors have shown "not one scintilla" of evidence that Parker fired the gun that killed his wife, Tammy, and business associate Bryan Capnerhurst at the Parker's Ascot Estates home in April of 2012.

In a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, in Washington D.C., Thursday, President Obama launched a spirited defense of his administration's efforts to pursue terrorists overseas, even while he outlined a more limited path forward in the fight against terror.

MAY 23: U.S. President Barack Obama listens as Medea Benjamin, an activist from the organization called Code Pink, shouts at him while he speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC.

George Zimmerman's defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at Zimmerman's murder trial.

Attorneys for George Zimmerman have released another round of evidence that include multiple photos taken from Trayvon Martin's cellphone, as well as school records and videos.

Jose Canseco spent Wednesday tweeting and deleting the personal information of a woman - including her name, telephone number, and work address - at the center of an incident in which the former baseball player was apparently questioned.

A local attorney and a township official have started a business venture offering legal and financial resources for armed self-defense. Both say they are filling a need in response to thousands of Ohioans obtaining or renewing conceal and carry permits annually and rising gun and ammunition sales.