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Posted on 05/04/2011 11:19:14 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A proposal expanding the right to use deadly force in self-defense continues its advance through the Republican-controlled Legislature. The gun bill from GOP Rep. Tony Cornish goes before a House judiciary panel Wednesday after passing a public safety committee last week. The legislation would grant the right to defend oneself using deadly force in an expanded definition of home, including a garage, car, deck, tent, boat, overnight accommodation or other dwelling. The person wouldn't have to retreat from a threatening situation first.
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HF1467/SF1357 Summary :
the Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2011, brings “Stand Your Ground” protections to Minnesota, restores the presumption that a person using self defense is innocent until proven guilty, enhances Castle Doctrine, prevents the state from seizing guns during an emergency (remember Hurricane Katrina?), extends purchase permits to five years, improves carry reciprocity with other states and requires the government to do its job to serve law-abiding citizens
The full text of the bill can be found here: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S1357.0.html&session=ls87
Here's some more detail:
Adds Stand Your Ground SF1357 brings “Stand Your Ground” protections to Minnesota, removing the requirement that an intended victim of violent crime must retreat from a place where he has a right to be before using deadly force in self defense. Enhances Castle Doctrine The bill also strengthens Minnesota’s “Castle Doctrine,” clarifying when and under what circumstances individuals can legally use deadly force to protect themselves in their homes and vehicles.
In addition, it creates a presumption that, when faced with an apparent home invasion, carjacking or kidnapping attempt, a person may use deadly force in self defense. Prevents Gun Seizures During a State of Emergency Taking a lesson from the problems in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the bill also bans government agencies from seizing guns or ammo, revoking permits to purchase or carry, closing gun shops, or otherwise suspending our constitutional rights during a civil emergency -- or at any other time.
It also prohibits law enforcement officers from seizing a person’s gun, unless the person is arrested, or the gun is evidence of a crime. Extends Purchase Permits to Five Years The bill also extends the validity of handgun purchase permits from one to five years, adds an annual background check for people holding those five-year permits.
It requires the Minnesota Department of Human Services and state courts to make their background check records available electronically to authorized agencies, including the National Instant Background Check system (NICS) -- a process that was supposed to have been in place 16 years ago!
This should reduce purchasing delays as well as ensuring that state and federal checks produce the same results.
The bill also borrows a page from the Permit to Carry law, providing a more robust appeal process for denied purchase permits, and requiring that police chiefs and sheriffs whose purchase permit denials are overturned must pay the applicants’ legal costs.
Adds Universal Carry Permit Acceptance Of particular interest to carry permit holders, the final article of the bill updates our carry permit reciprocity standards, allowing people holding carry permits from any other state to carry in Minnesota (under Minnesota law, of course).
This should result in a large increase in the number of states where Minnesota permit holders can carry, since many states allow other states’ permit holders to carry on a reciprocal basis.
http://www.gocra-mn.org/news/2011/05/hearing-tomorrow-on-gun-rights-omnibus-bill-we-need-you-there/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mn-gocra+%28GOCRA+News+Feed%29&utm_content=FeedBurner
Common sense is on the march.
It may be on the March, but it will soon mark time as the Governor is former Senator Mark Dayton, who does not think you can interpret the Constitution to mean that you should actually have or be able to use a weapon for self defense. It will be vetoed, sure and shootin’.
I don’t see how more dead criminals (usually multiple conviction parolees in MN) is a bad thing.
Hopefully y’all will end Mr. Dayton’s service as governor next election.
At the very least, it puts an extra element of risk and doubt which makes the criminal’s work that much tougher. Why can’t the leftys see that? It’s just common sense that a ten year old should have.
The left fears their constituents will end up dead.
But at least they’ll still be able to vote.
It is truly unfortunate that the weasel Dayton will veto this commonsense constitutional legislation.
He’ll hide behind the Chiefs of Police (metrocrats) who claim this will make us the Wild West.(just like they did before ‘concealed carry’ passed here.
It better be veto proof.
Fixed it.
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