If It’s A Day Ending In “Y”……
By Mitch Berg
…then governor Piglet and the DFL are lying about self-defense reform.
To recap: In Minnesota, if you’re outside your house, to use lethal force in self-defense you must:
- Reasonbly and immediately fear getting killed or maimed
- Not be the aggressor
- Use only the force needed to end the threat
- Make a reasonable effort to retreat (remember – doesn’t apply at home).
House File 13 – a “Stand your Ground” bill – would remove only the last bullet.
And any smart person knows that.
But smart people aren’t the DFL’s niche:
BTW, the “Stand your Ground” bill was defeated on a straight party-line tie in the House last week.
That means votes are on record.
The last time the House DFL voted straight-line against a gun-rights bill that lost a floor vote was 2002, when “Shall Issue” permit reform was barely defeated.
The GOP went on to win every single one of those outstate DFL seats; every outstate DFLer that voted against gun rights lost that fall. And with a GOP House and Governor (and a few iron Range DFL senators voting “yes”), Shall Issue passed the following session.
Keep that anger going.
It can not be the only issue that the GOP rides on (and it won’t be), and the MN Gun Owners Caucus must not be the only functional, focused group working conservative causes (and I don’t think it will be).
This this can be, and must be, a potent part of the right’s approach in this next election.
March 10th, 2025 at 7:55 am
Just don’t support the leftist, communists running Minnesota Gun Rights out of Iowa. The Doar brothers are grifting in many states after buying the domain name for their Gun Rights fraud.
March 10th, 2025 at 8:58 am
Can we get an edit on Boss’ post?
That would be the Dorr brothers. Such an unfortunate coincidence we have to deal with.
March 10th, 2025 at 10:24 am
Sounds like Tampon Tim has a habit of stealing parking spaces and is justifiably nervous about the confrontations he’ll be getting into when he’s no longer got bodyguards.
March 10th, 2025 at 10:57 am
Please correct me if I’m wrong. My understanding is that my duty to retreat in MN comes from a Judicial Decree long ago. It’s not a law.
Did some recent legislation change this? Or was this Stand your ground effort an attempt to overthrow the MN ‘spremes decree?
March 10th, 2025 at 12:18 pm
Doh! Sorry! I besmirched Rob Doar. You are correct.
March 10th, 2025 at 5:37 pm
This is why you need the legislature to act.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-supreme-court-self-defense-duty-to-retreat/
The court holds citizens have a duty to retreat before even brandishing a weapon in self-defense, much less using one. As the dissent points out, this means a woman being attacked could not hold up her first with keys through her fingers to deter the attacker, she must attempt to run away and hope he doesn’t catch her.
The stated rationale for the self-defense requirements is to keep the peace. But the practical result is the streets belong to the criminals. You only get to use them by sufferance, not by right. You have a legal duty – enforceable by all the power and might of government – to run and hide. Minnesota is a Mandatory Cowardice state.
March 11th, 2025 at 7:42 am
If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have no need to defend yourself with a gun. Only criminals and cult members carry guns.