06:54 – The Zimmerman affair
One of the most well-known and high-profile cases involving the use of deadly force in a self-defense shooting is that of the State of Florida against George Zimmerman in the death of Treyvon Martin. Mas discusses the legal facts of the Zimmerman case that were investigated and ultimately resulted in Zimmerman's acquittal, and apply to cases of deadly force in self-defense broadly.
The following factors are considered whenever there is a shooting or use of other forms of deadly force in self-defense against immediate, otherwise unavoidable danger of death or serious injury to yourself or someone you have the right to protect: CAPACITY, OPPORTUNITY, and PERIL. Strength in numbers, disparities in physical size, strength, or the presence of a weapon are some examples of Ability. The possibility of using one's intention to cause harm (at certain distances, if there are obstacles, etc.) must be present, and Jeopardy is one's intention manifested, either through words or actions, that your attacker will carry out the threat he represents. for you.
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Critical Mas(s) with Massad Ayoob is a show that provides expert analysis on a wide range of contemporary topics related to civilian and law enforcement self-defense, use of force, and Second Amendment issues , provided by a renowned and established author with a career spanning decades in the training of law enforcement officers and the general public, who are frequently called upon to provide expert testimony.
ABOUT MASSAD AYOOB:
Massad Ayoob has been the editor-in-chief of GUNS magazine and law enforcement columnist for AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s, and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications and detective magazines. He is the author of more than two dozen books on firearms, self-defense, and related subjects, including "In the Gravest Extreme" and "Deadly Force," widely considered authoritative texts on the subject of the use of deadly force.
Winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year in 1998, Mas has won several national and regional pistol shooting championships. Ayoob was the first person to earn the title of Five Gun Master in the International Defensive Pistol Association. He is the current president of the Second Amendment Foundation. He served for 19 years as Chairman of the Firearms Committee of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers and for several years as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. In addition to teaching these groups, he also taught
for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and International Homicide Investigators Seminars.
Mas has received judicial recognition as an expert witness in the courts in weapons and shooting cases since 1979, and has served as a part-time, fully sworn and licensed police officer for 43 years, primarily in supervisor rank. Ayoob founded the Lethal Force Institute in 1981 and served as its director until 2009, and now trains through the Massad Ayoob Group. He has
appeared on CLE-TV providing continuing legal education to attorneys, through the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association, and was retained to train attorneys to handle deadly force cases through of the legal defense network for armed citizens. Ayoob served for two
years as co-vice chair of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also appeared in every episode of Personal Defense TV (Sportsman's Channel).
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