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February 24, 2007Criminals Win in MontanaCaving to pressure from Democrats and police groups, the Montana House has reversed course and voted down a "Stand Your Ground" bill. From the Billings Gazette:
So if you're attacked by a mutant in Montana, just run away -- if you can. And if you can't, just kiss your sorry ass goodbye. Once again, the legislators are more concerned for criminal thugs than with the safety of the law abiding citizen. Need more proof? The Montana Senate just voted to abolish the death penalty. And yes, folks can disagree about the death penalty and about the possibility of an innocent person being executed because of poor or corrupt police work, but I believe it needs to be on the table as an option. Comments
it's possible that this paticular law was poorly written. rw Posted by: rick wagner at February 24, 2007 11:07 AMI don't understand why the law enforcement groups would be against a law that would allow residents to brandish a firearm if they are being threatened by a criminal. What if retreat isn't possible? Law Enforcement has no legal obligation to protect any individual member of society. If you dial 911, and they don't show up, you're SOL. You could sue, but you won't win. And if you're in a position that you can dial 911 it will probably be too late before they show up to do you any good. There are millions of us who, each day, take on the responsibility of providing for the safety of ourselves and our loved ones should someone wish to do violence against us. What are the fears that the law enforcement community has when it comes to law abiding citizens defending themselves? Posted by: Angel Elf at February 24, 2007 08:35 PMAngel Elf, because most of them are cowards. They don't give a shit what happens to you or your children or your wife. Remember it was law enforcement that stood outside Columbine for a very long time, until all the shooting was over. Those are the people they recruit now. Posted by: straightarrow at February 25, 2007 01:27 AMIt must be that one of Montana's biggest landowners (Ted Turner) called in a few favors. Posted by: BruceR at February 26, 2007 05:29 PMActually, the bill has passed the house, and been transmitted to the Senate. It was 're-considered' the day after it was shot down 48 to 50--It looked to me like 2 of the reps who were absent and didn't vote on 2/23 asked for a do-over. On the 24th, the vote was 51-47 in favor. On Feb 27 it passed the house 57-42 and was sent to the senate. Unfortunately, the MT senate is Dem controlled, and it probably will die there. Posted by: llanok at February 28, 2007 04:09 AMthe comment input form disappears. Your comments are welcome. You don't need to enter a URL and you don't need a "valid" email address, either. Note though that MT Blacklist is installed to flag suspiciously spam-like strings. Unfortunately, because of the bastard spammers, the strings "google.com" and "yahoo.com" (even in your email address) are currently banned as well. So are strings such as "cialis" (a common spam) which rules out words such as "socialism". Try putting a hyphan in a word like that. By Golly, you're reading an archived post. Click Here to head to the main page and read current stuff...Into science fiction? Check out my group blog novel, Colony: Alchibah. See the reader's guide there for first-timer tips. |
