POLITICIANS TELL US TO RUN AWAY
FROM CRIMINALS...
Do you know, under current New Hampshire
law, you are not allowed to defend yourself if you are attacked in a
public place. Imagine coming out of the bank after cashing your
paycheck, or out of the grocery store with your children in tow and,
suddenly, a man steps out of the shadows, charges towards you, pulls a
knife, and demands your money. A woman returns to her car at the Mall
of New Hampshire. An attacker with a baseball bat demands she get
into his vehicle. You leave the hockey game at the Verizon Center and
return to your vehicle in the parking garage at the Center of NH. Two
men approach with a gun drawn demanding that you.... In the above
scenarios, in order for you to use deadly force to defend yourself, you
must make a split second decision. Is the attacker “about to use deadly
force” or “committing or about to commit a kidnapping or forcible sex
offence”? You must be able to prove to police that you could not have
safely retreated from the situation, or it will be you who goes to jail
(if you survive the attack).
Larry Pratt, Executive Director, Gun Owners of America, put it this
way: “Somebody should not be twice victimized, first by the assailant,
and then by the legal system trying to destroy his life.” How
could anyone actually believe that you should not defend yourself until
you’ve run out of room to flee? It means that your life is not worth
protecting except as a last resort! Senate Bill 318 fixes the
current law by saying that you may use deadly force in defense of your
life “in any place you have a right to be.” SB 318 requires prosecutors
to prove that you were not in a situation where you needed to use
deadly force, instead of using the presumption that you must retreat
from the attack. No one should use deadly force unless they have to! No
one should go to jail for justifiably using deadly force to defend
oneself.
Your Help Needed Immediately!
1) SB 318 has passed the Senate and now faces a vote in the House of
Representatives on April 26th. Call or email your Representatives
and ask them to pass SB 318 so that you may defend yourself and your
loved ones. To find out who your Representatives are, call your
town or city hall, or go to http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/whosmyleg/default.asp
2) Please
become a member of NHFC and help preserve our rights.
Remember to
always be polite and respectful when contacting your legislators.
