“Legalized Murder”
By Mitch Berg
Joe Doeakes from Como Park writes:
Legalized murder
Governor Dayton vetoed the Stand Your Ground legislation that would have made it less risky for honest citizens to defend themselves from criminal attack. He was persuaded by lobbyists who said the law would “legalize murder.”
Wow, legalize murder; that sounds bad. I wonder what “legalize murder” means?
Murder – now, are we talking about plotting and lying in wait to kill someone in cold blood, as Chief Kolb suggested? Mob hits? Gang banging? Because I don’t see the proposed law legalizing those sorts of murders at all.
Or are we using “murder” in the broader sense of “to end a human life?” Because if that’s the case, we already have legalized murder and we’re glad we do.
The Navy SEALS who got Osama Bin Laden ended a human life. The Golden Valley police officer who shot the crazy woman on 394 last Fall, ended a human life. The Good Samaritan who shot the purse snatcher in Minneapolis, ended a human life. The United States has capital punishment for treason, which ends a human life. And don’t even get me started on abortion. Is Mark Dayton suggesting the people who end those lives are murderers? Of course not. Ending those human lives is just fine with him.
“Legalizing murder” doesn’t mean what you think it does. It’s just a scary phrase to trick you into believing the proposed law is a bad thing. Trickery. Deceit. That’s the DFL playbook.
And, this year more than most, it’s all they have.
And I’m still waiting for the mainstream media to FACT CHECK the idiot politicians and lobbyists – Heather Martens, Dave Kolb, Jim Backstrom, Mark Dayton – who trafficked in the phrase.,
Catherine Richert? You smelling what I’m cooking?
