New Hampshire Stand Your Ground Law Opponents Threatened With Arrest, Removal From Office

[DonViejo]

Tea party Republicans in New Hampshire want to press criminal charges against state legislators who voted to repeal the state's Stand Your Ground law and kick them out of office.

Two Republican members of the state House of Representatives and a former state GOP chairman have filed a petition to remove 189 members of the state House and file criminal charges against them for their March 27 vote to repeal the controversial gun law. The group claims that the vote violates the lawmakers' oath of office, unconstitutionally challenges the Second Amendment and fails to adhere to state constitutional protections on life.

The Stand Your Ground law, which allows deadly force when someone believes their life is in danger, was enacted in 2011, during a period of tea party control of the New Hampshire state Legislature. The repeal bill passed the Democratic-controlled House and is pending in the Republican-controlled Senate. Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) has said she will sign it.

"I want you all to know that Thursday afternoon State Rep. John Hikel and I filed formal criminal complaints against the sponsor of HB135 and all 189 Reps who voted in favor of this bill," former state Republican Party chairman Jack Kimball posted on Facebook Friday. He said complaints also were filed with county sheriffs by state Rep. J.R. Hoell (R-Dunbarton) and resident Gus Breton, and would be filed on Saturday with the U.S. Marshal's office. "All of the State Reps (Democrat & Republican) that voted to repeal the 'Stand Your Ground' law have violated their oath of office and should be removed," Kimball added.

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[jpak]

1. Delusional Sickfucks

yup

[Hoyt]

2. Yep, gun cultists are afraid they might shoot when not necessary and need the SYG defense.

[timdog44]

3. Two things I see here.

And I think they are, and hope they are, aberrations.

1). Tea partiers. Off the wall elected officials. Usually single issue people elected by unthinking citizens, who should get what they wish for, but who the rest of us should not have to tolerate.

2). SYG laws. Passed by delusional advocates of gun enthusiasts of the NRA ilk. Most statistics they use to support the stance of SYG are simply made up by the NRA. Most studies, and sadly they are limited, show that more murders and killings occur because of these terrible laws.

So, go New Hampshire and do the correct thing. Repeal the law and jail the tea partiers instead.