California lawmakers have it suggestion A bill that restricts self-defense, requires “retreat,” ends protections that stop crime, and limits power to things that are “reasonably necessary.”
Bystanders who protect others or intervene to stop crime can face higher legal risks. For example, people like Daniel Penny in New York could face a conviction for suppressing a dangerous individual. A ju umpire in Manhattan in December said Penny discovered Penny. Penny’s lawyer said he was acting in self-defense, not criminally negligent murder.
All towns for gun safety, a gun control group, will support billing, Claim It blocks white supremacists from exploiting self-defense to justify the shooting.
“White supremacists and other extremists are hiding behind the Self-Defense Act to fire guns and turn conflicts into death sentences,” said Monisha Henry, the government’s senior vice president of government affairs for gun safety. “We appreciate ZBUR’s commitment to gun safety.”
AB 1333 was introduced by Rep. Rick Zbur of D-Los Angeles to eliminate protections for arresting felons or using deadly forces to maintain peace, and add rules that could be considered a murder of self-defense death.
If someone outside the home “knowed that retreating safely allowed him to avoid deadly forces” or “knowing that he would use more force than reasonably necessary,” the murder is no longer justified.
The instigators of violence can also justify the murder if they face imminent death from the defender and an escape option that escaped, or if they retreated but the defender they attacked continues to fight.
Syndicated with permission From the central square.
