U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Legislation introduced this session to address policing that took a turn for the worse recently. It was amended in the Senate and now represents a striking blow to citizens’ right to self-defense. The bill had passed the House without the amendment, but the troublesome language was added late in the process before clearing the Senate.
H.145, by Rep. Maxine Grad, as currently written, would eliminate legal protections for those engaged in self-defense in the aid of others. These protections evaporate if you are fending off a violent attack for anyone other than yourself or an immediate family member. For example, the convenience store manager rescuing a clerk from an armed robber or an individual helping a neighbor who has come under violent criminal attack would now be in legal jeopardy and could face prosecution. It’s also perplexing that the standard under the “justifiable homicide” statute is now at odds with those existing under the “aggravated assault” statute.
Vermont is a small rural state, and much of the state does not have local law enforcement, relying on state police coverage. The state troopers are off duty between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., leaving citizens to provide for their own self-defense in much of the state.
The bill has passed both chambers and was delivered to the Governor’s desk today. Your immediate assistance is requested! Please call Gov. Phil Scott at 802-828-3333 and respectfully ask him to veto H.145.
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Are these people the type that would drive past a bad automobile accident if they were the first to encounter it? Heartless IMO.
the government wants to divide and conquer, first you have no right or responsibility to defend friends and neighbors then yourself bernie sanders at work ,with the rest of the liberal imports from mass and new yak
Illegal to defend your self? What kind of idiot would even think of such a thing? Sounds like some legislators, judges, lawyers and enforcers need get rid of their security details and their own personal and issued weapons. Might as well get rid of the military also. I am sure there are no more evil people in the world anymore.
I will not comply
Arm up and carry on
WTF?
If it is law, why would those body guards of said lawmakers be obligated to step in to defend said lawmakers in the first place?
One has to wonder about not only the intelligence of the lawmakers, but also of those who voted for them.
Rep. Maxine Grad is surely a DemocRAT ! They’re ALL MORONS !!!
I have not been able to find a statement from the Vermont State Police opposing this bill.
Conversely, the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Wyoming Sheriffs, and Wyoming Police Chiefs all gave public testimony in opposition to the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act (as did Moms Demand Action and Anytown for Gun Safety).