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Nevada Assembly Republicans argued in favor of a bill Tuesday that would expand the rights of people who kill someone in self-defense, although critics said it would breed a culture of “shoot first, ask questions later.”
Republican Assemblywoman Shelly Shelton presented AB 171, which would extend protections to people defending their vehicles or homes from an invader and provide civil immunity for people who commit a justifiable homicide.
Pass it. Nobody should fear retribution by the government or via civil lawsuit because they killed someone in defense of their life or that of another.
“If you do engage in self-defense, that will come out in court,” said Vanessa Spinazola, lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada.
Wrong. Nobody should have to deal with the stress of prosecution or a lawsuit or the financial set back of having to defend one's self because you killed an aggressor while saving your own life. This legislation is sensible and strengthens our Second Amendment rights at the state level.