Is anyone surprised that the Brady representative argues against a
strawman, rather than against the actual law?
"You don't just broadly paint a new statewide law saying, if
you're in doubt, go ahead and shoot and kill the other person,"
says Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent
Gun Violence in Washington.
None of these laws authorize people to shoot when they are in doubt.
What they do is remove the legal obligation to flee when you are not in
doubt.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Roland
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Is self-defense law vigilante justice?
This entire debate is misframed. It is not properly a question of "duty
to retreat" or "stand your ground", or even "self-defense". The duty of
all persons who are members of a society is to help enforce the laws of
that society. We have become so indoctrinated in depending on officials
to perform public duties that we have forgotten that it is the duty of
everyone to perform public duties. The duty in a violent confrontation
with a criminal is to make an arrest, and the answer to why you had to
shoot him is not "self-defense" but "he was resisting arrest".
Let the word go forth. Never send to know where are the police. You are
the police.
-- Jon
----------------------------------------------------------------
Our efforts depend on donations from people like you. Directions
for donors are at http://www.constitution.org/whatucando.htm
Constitution Society 7793 Burnet Road #37, Austin, TX 78757
512/374-9585 www.constitution.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Get your free digital certificate from http://www.thawte.com
----------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
To post, send message to [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see
http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as
private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are
posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly
or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
_______________________________________________
To post, send message to [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see
http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private.
Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can
read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the
messages to others.
