When can you use lethal force in self defense? Is self defense just about guns? Can you actually take a life? Is .45 caliber more effective than 9mm or does that even matter any more? What's the one thing people almost never consider when they're thinking about a gun fight?

David Kenik, firearms instructor and author of the popular book Armed Response, reveals the answers to these and other vital questions.

It's been 13 years since the Heller case and 11 years since the McDonald case. Now, finally, another major gun rights case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. And once again, Buckeye Firearms Association is part of the action.

BFA legal advisor Ron Lemieux discusses the amicus brief we submitted to the court and how this case could deliver another landmark decision on the Second Amendment.

Discover why some sanctuary legislation runs too cold … or too hot. Find out who is really behind the Madison School legal case that, for the moment, has nixed armed school staff.

Hear our assessment of whether any of the current crop of anti gun bills in Ohio will pass. And see just how easy it is to track the progress of any gun bill.

A court says Second Amendment rights apply to 18-year-olds. A major university study shows that more guns do NOT equal more crime. A woman is forced to shoot a home invader in her kitchen who is performing sex acts.

BFA's Legislative Affairs Director Rob Sexton discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly of recent news on this week's episode.

When it comes to armed self-defense, it's usually not the shooting itself that trips you up legally. More often than not, it's what you do afterward that gets you in hot water.

Sean Maloney, criminal defense attorney and co-founder of Second Call Defense, reveals common mistakes people make after defensive shootings that can get you arrested, prosecuted, and perhaps imprisoned.

In the previous podcast, Dick Heller, the man who saved the Second Amendment, talked about his victorious U.S. Supreme Court case, District of Columbia v. Heller.

So now it's time to hear from the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the 2008 majority opinion in that case and forcefully argued that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right.

Before 2008, some people argued that the Second Amendment was merely a collective right, an outmoded concept related only to old-fashioned militias.

Dick Heller, the respondent in District of Columbia v. Heller, talks about how his landmark case changed America's view of the Second Amendment from the red-headed stepchild of the Constitution to the cornerstone of modern gun rights.

We live in a never ending news cycle, swimming in a sea of fake news, agenda driven stories, and outright lies, especially when it comes to guns and gun rights.

Rob Morse, author of the SlowFacts blog and host of Self Defense Gun Stories Podcast, discusses how the media has changed and today uses lies as a business model.

BFA's Legislative Affairs Director Rob Sexton and NSSF Lobbyist Chris Lee present testimony on the most powerful emergency powers legislation in the U.S.

Plus victims tell their horrifying stories about how their firearms were confiscated or destroyed at gunpoint in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005.

Governments have shown they are willing to infringe on Second Amendment rights during times of emergency, at the very times rights are most important.

In this special edition of the podcast, BFA joins Rep. Scott Wiggam and Sen. Tim Schaffer at a news conference to introduce legislation preventing abuse of emergency powers.