Castle Doctrine -- the right to shoot first, or is it the right for self-defense?
Let's say that your daughter is at the grocery store. She's putting her groceries away in the trunk when a rapist comes out of nowhere, grabs her, and throws her to the ground. She picks up a rock and bashes the would-be attacker in the head, stopping him.
She's no-billed by the grand jury, meaning no criminal charges will be filed. However, the rapist winds up being severely brain damaged from her defense from his attack.
The rapist's family then sues her in civil court for his loss of wages, and for the care he'll need for the rest of his life. Is that her fault?
Well, in today's civil court system she loses, and must pay two million dollars to the family.
Now, that is what the castle doctrine bill is all about!
Legitimizing self defense, anywhere you can legally be.
It's about protecting people who obviously defend themselves from the cost of friviolous lawsuits. The Castle Doctrine laws allow for protection against such friviolous lawsuits as well.
Even if your daughter was sued and won, she'd have thousands of dollars of legal bills. IS that right? The Castle Doctrine also allows for: If the attacker's family sues and looses, then they must pay all of the court costs as well as your legal fees for your successful defense.
The Brady folks are against this, I'm not, and I hope that you aren't either.
Russ
Ugh
3 months ago
1 comment:
Russ, much Christian inner turmoil here., You know what they say about Catholics, they are so busy with guilt they are paralised. Thats ok, I just dont think ones Christian beliefs should get in the way of common sense - thats what the priests and ministers are for. You can thank the ACLU for the rapist case against the victim for damages - happens all the time - burglar gets conked on the head and sues for assault - ACLU defends NAMBLA and anarchist university professors etc. I'm not surprised at all anymore! But remember, there is no place for considering the consequences when defending ones self, family or castle - it could be to late!
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