Self Defense Insurance

Self Defense Insurance
     Michael Mann did a video on insurance and pre-paid legal plans for church security teams.  
 
"Do you Need Carry Insurance? Lawyer Andrew Branca shoots us straight"
Excerpts:  (paraphrased)
     Most people are not at zero knowledge.  They are at negative 20, because
they know so much stuff that is false.  So, to get them to 100% knowledge is
very difficult.  You have to educate them out of all of their deeply held
misconceptions.  
     You have to get the money up front for bail, attorney fees, expert witnesses,
private investigators, expert consultants, etc.  
     You have to be able to choose your attorney.  
     The insurance company has to have enough money to actually give it to you.  
 
-------------------  Articles comparing carriers -----------------------------
 
"Top Self Defense Insurance Programs:  A Detailed Comparison" by ConcealedCarry.com
 
CCW Insurance – Protecting Yourself After You Protect Yourself by Ryan Cleckner
 
Virginia Citizens Defense League
VCDL legal-plans comparison chart
     You have to scroll down through the web page, or you can download the PDF file at
     The numbers to the right of the questions refer to the page numbers, which
are only visible in the PDF document.  
     This is a very comprehensive comparison.  It's a little dated, as it still has
the NRA Carry Guard listed.  But, they obviously surveyed every company and got detailed
answers.  
 
6 Concealed Carry Insurance Options To Protect Your Six (comparison in text)
by Gun Digest Editors
 
Self-Defense Gun Owner Insurance Programs Compared (comparison chart)
     This web page, the chart, and the PDF file are updated on a regular basis.
 
Know Your Concealed Carry Insurance Options by Recoil Staff
 
-------------------  End articles comparing carriers -------------------------

-------------------  List of carriers ----------------------------------------
 
Attorneys On Retainer
 
Firearms Legal Protection
 
US Law Shield
     They will cover state licensed private armed security guards.  
 
CCW Safe
     Recommended by Andrew Branca.
 
FIREARMS TRAINERS ASSOCIATION
 
Legal Shield
 
Self Defense Fund
 
Second Call Defense
 
Xinsurance,
     Concealed carry insurance -
https://www.xinsurance.com/blog/category/firearms-and-concealed-carry/
     Recommended by The Second Amendment Foundation.
     They will cover armed security officers on the job.  
 
Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network
 
Recommended by Keith Graves of Christian Warrior Training.  
 
I neglect to list those that I don't think are reputable.  
 
-------------------  End list of carriers -------------------------------------
 
     You have to do your own comparison to see what works best for you,
because these plans have significant differences.  Check out which states
they are not valid in.  Check out all the things they exclude.  
Check out all the caps (limits on the amount of money that they will pay).  
Some of the carriers will only pay if they think it was self-defense.  
(This is a real problem, because there is no such thing as a perfect combat
operation.  No matter how justified you think your actions were, there is
a perspective from which what you did was murder.)  
     Most of these plans won't cover domestic disputes.  We never consider
having to defend ourselves from our spouse, lover, etc.  But, ask any detective,
"Who is the prime suspect in any non-gang-related homicide?"  They will tell
you, the spouse, the girlfriend/boyfriend, the lover; because statistically,
that is the person who did it.  (No, really, I was a cop.)
     Yes, there are lots of other insurance plans, but if I thought it was
stupid (like Lockton), I did not list it above.  I did not list any of the plans
that reimburse upon acquittal, because they have a huge financial incentive
to see you convicted.  And you need the money up front to pay for bail,
attorneys, private investigators, expert witnesses, consulting experts, etc.  
So, buying a reimbursement plan is an act of criminal stupidity.  
     I also did not list a program that Andrew Branca did an in depth analysis on
in his Thursday, January 14th of 2021 podcast.  That program stops funding you
if you are convicted, and then attempts to force you to repay them for your
legal expenses.  Buying such a policy is criminal stupidity.  Especially,
when other programs will continue to fund you through your appeals of a conviction
and will never attempt to get any reimbursement from you.  
     Just like criminals, prosecutors are looking for an easy win, not an
expensive tough fight.  So, if you can convince the prosecutors that you
have money and expertise to fight them, they are more likely to drop the
charges or offer you a better plea deal.  
     If you take a plea deal (confess to a crime that you did not commit),
you will have to explain your lie to God in the end.  Good guys don't confess
to crimes that they did not commit.  To do so, to avoid a long prison sentence,
is an act of cowardice.  You have to decide what type of person you are.  
Death Before Dishonor!  
     I'm not a hypocrite.  I have never accepted a plea deal.  I have always
plead "not guilty" and fought every prosecution, state and federal.  That's
why I have no house, no retirement fund, no money, no wife etc.  
Learn from my mistakes.  Get an insurance policy.  
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