Arsenal Attorneys and FPF Training are joining forces to offer back-to-back seminars: "Law and Tactics for Self-Defense." Sponsored by F3 Tactical, the program will take place on Saturday November 15 at the Staybridge Suites in Chantilly, Virginia near Dulles Airport. Participants may take either seminar or both. Advancement enrollment is required by visiting Arsenal Attorneys for the Self-Defense Law Programd and FPF Training for the tactical program. 

During Arsenal Attorneys', participants will learn their right to self-defense and the limits of that right. Our instructor team will consist of a former prosecutor and a defense attorney of our firm. We will present self-defense law through cases, court decisions, and realistic scenarios. We will also present the criminal justice system and how it handles self-defense claims. Participants will gain an understanding of how their preparations, decisions, and actions can impact their legal defense in court or whether they are arrested in the first place. The program will be presented by a former prosecutor and a defense attorney.

John Murphy of FPF Training will present a 4 hour interactive course consisting of a multi-media lecture illustrating the indicators of criminal pre-assault behavior and the physiological impact of stress in self-defense situations. He will then offer practical skills for handling conflict and threats, including: awareness, avoidance, deterrence, de-escalation, verbalization, decisive physical movement, and transitioning to the lawful use of lethal force.  The course culminates with highly supervised “force on force” scenarios to reinforce these principals.

TKA LLC has invited Arsenal Attorneys for a return visit to the headquarters of the National Rifle Association in Fairfax, Virginia. We will be presented a law seminar entitled 'Traveling While Armed.' We will present the laws for carrying and transporting firearms in the mid-Atlantic region, including Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Register for this and other training opportunities at Arsenal Attorneys or call us at 703-291-3312.

On Thursday October 2, Alan Gura, defense attorney for the Second Amendment Foundation and the individual plaintiffs in the Palmer v.  District of Columbia case, filed a motion that requested a permanent injunction against DC’s handgun ban.  The motion was in response to the Council’s passing of temporary legislation that allowed gun owners to apply for concealed carry permits in DC under very narrow parameters. (See here for our blog on that legislation).

As of July 1, 2014, Georgia became the 32nd state to legalize the use of silencers for hunting game. This reform enables hunters to enjoy the use of silencers for their hearing safety and to avoid noise complaints during hunting season. Additionally, silencers improve accuracy by reducing recoil. Opponents of this legislation argued poaching would increase, but no such result has been proven in the many states allowing silencers for hunting game. The Georgia law can be found here.

Arsenal Attorneys helps clients in nearl 40 states comply with the regulations for silencers and other firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act, including short barrel rifles and shotguns, and vintage machine guns. Our Arsenal Gun Trust helps clients acquire NFA firearms, allow possession of them by others, and create an estate plan for their gun collection. By using the Arsenal Gun Trust, clients avoid the usual ATF requirements of fingerprinting, a mug shot, and a local police signature for NFA applications. Additionally, the Arsenal Gun Trust enables the client to use the faster ATF eFile system to obtain a tax stamp for each NFA firearms.

In the wake of the DC Council's passing of DC's temporary concealed carry bill, many gun owners are trying to determine what they need to do to adequately prepare to begin the permit process.  Our law firm, Arsenal Attorneys, has begun receiving many questions about whether nonresident permit applicants will be required to first register a specific gun in DC before they are issued a carry permit.  The legislation is still very much in flux, waiting on mayoral approval, congressional review, feedback from the courts, and several months of tweaking by the council itself. However, under the temporary proposals, the answer is yes, the gun will have to be registered.  And that gun, and that gun only, can be carried with you under the parameters of the permit.  Judging from the tone of the legislation and the commentary of the council, the permanent legislation is likely to have the registration requirement as well.

The right to keep and bear arms advanced two steps and took one step back in Washington, DC recently. It’s part of what will be a long and winding process to comply with a court order forcing the District of Columbia to lift its 40 year ban on any carrying of firearms outside the home. We're helping clients prepare now.