Many things happen in the heat of a stressful moment. Nobody knows how they’re going to react to something until it happens to them. Unfortunately, in many cases, the innate reaction to a situation is panic and the need to escape. While this is a good survival tactic in some situations, it could land a person in serious trouble in…

Terrorism is a hot subject in today’s political climate. It seems everywhere people turn, there is a new threat or incident of some kind of terrorist activity. The amount of fear this has created around the world has made even doing common, everyday tasks more difficult. Alertness is at all-time high. It follows then that making a terroristic threat has…

Even the most basic arguments can escalate quickly into a physical fight. When this happens, the result is often some form of aggravated assault. Regardless of how serious the case of aggravated assault was, being convicted could result in high fines, prison time, and a criminal record that could make it difficult to find or keep employment. Aggravated assault occurs…

Contrary to popular belief, a person does not have the right to defend themselves from every single offensive contact they have with another person. For example, pushing someone back, after they have pushed you is not necessarily self-defense, within the meaning of NJ law, but instead an additional assault to combat the assault committed in the first place. Folks often…

Laws are enacted after extensive amounts of careful study. They are put in place with the public in mind, ensuring justice and safety for all. They also reflect valid concerns and situations and how to react to them should a situation arise. But as time goes on, laws get reformed, removed, or revised, while others simply stay on the books.…