The ONLY way that will ever happen here is if the NRA keeps their nose out of it. They derailed it once already.
We do not need the NRA here, thank you very much!
There's no $$$ in Constitutional Carry, which is why the NRA isn't too fond of it. They derailed open carry in Florida too....
My membership is up this year and I'm torn about what to do. Anti-gunners love to see their membership numbers go down so they can exploit it, but their compromise is doing us a disservice.
Regarding SB88, I was wondering if I could get a little clarity since I'm not a lawyer and don't speak legalese very well.
III. A person is not justified in using deadly force on another to defend himself or herself or a third person from deadly force by the other if he or she knows that he or she and the third person can, with complete safety:
(a) Retreat from the encounter, except that he or she is not required to retreat if he or she is within his or her dwelling [or], its curtilage, or anywhere he or she has a right to be, and was not the initial aggressor; or
(b) Surrender property to a person asserting a claim of right thereto; or
(c) Comply with a demand that he or she abstain from performing an act which he or she is not obliged to perform; nor is the use of deadly force justifiable when, with the purpose of causing death or serious bodily harm, the [actor] person has provoked the use of force against himself or herself in the same encounter[.]; or
So (a) establishes what is commonly referred to as "Castle Doctrine" or "Stand Your Ground?"
Does (b) mean you are obligated to hand over your property (e.g. during a robbery) before using deadly force and does the first part of (c) mean you must submit to something like performing a sex act if demanded in order to "comply" and hopefully avoid harm?
Connecticut has very similar, if not almost identical language except for the "anywhere he or she has a right to be" part so this is of interest to me in CT as well. I also enjoy visiting NH.
Forgive my questions if they seem silly, but again, I'm not a lawyer.
Thanks so much.
Carry On!