The castle doctrine is a law that makes killing someone irresponsibly okay! It at least waters down any penalty for acting irrationally with a deadly weapon.
Opening the door for concealed carry has ushered in six-gun justice and every other law that effects a special group of paranoid gun owners, who are now a protected class of stone age thugs, like the developmentally challenged.
The legal community is none too happy:
Yeah, like that'll happen. Thankfully, our authoritarian know-it-all leaders will make the tough decisions for us.jsonline: A group representing over 600 criminal defense lawyers, prosecutors, judges and academics "with the purpose of promoting respect, fairness and professionalism in the administration of criminal justice in Wisconsin" opposes the proposed castle doctrine bill.
"AB 69 changes Wisconsin law by providing a defense for irrational people armed with deadly force. Under its provisions, malevolent, reckless, or paranoid people who shoot trick or treaters or repairmen on their porch will be presumed to be acting in self-defense," reads a statement issued Tuesday on behalf of the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
jsonline: Homeowners using deadly force against intruders would get powerful legal protection, under a bill approved by the Assembly.
Some people will use good judgment in a self-defense situation; others will not. Criminals will use it to their advantage. What those people predicted is turning out to be fact in some cases but not in others. I was one who believed in the castle doctrine until I saw how it could be misused. Check my blog at:
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