Posted on 02/22/2016 3:41:48 PM PST by aragorn
Republican State Representative Randy Grau, at the request of the District Attorney's Council, has authored a bill that would greatly weaken Oklahoma's "Stand Your Ground" law. Currently, when a judge rules that the protections of the Stand Your Ground law apply in a case, the prosecutors cannot appeal that ruling. Rep. Grau's bill, HB2521, would allow prosecutors to appeal that ruling. After heated opposition from Rep. Kevin Calvey (the original author of the Stand Your Ground law) and OK2A-Action during last week's Judiciary Committee meeting, Rep. Grau laid the bill over in order to keep it from being voted down. Despite the opposition, Rep. Grau, the Chairman of the committee, has included the bill on his agenda for the committee again this week.
A citizen involved in a self-defense shooting should not be further traumatized through continued attempts by the state to prosecute them simply for defending themselves. Rep. Grau's argument that this bill actually strengthens the Stand Your Ground law is inaccurate and ridiculous. Please call or email the members of the House Judiciary Committee and ask that they oppose this bill.
Judiciary Committee members:
Representative Grau - 405-557-7360
Representative Echols - 405-557-7354
Representative Calvey - 405-557-7357
Representative Kannady - 405-557-7337
Representative McCullough - 405-557-7414
Representative Morrissette - 405-557-7404
Representative O'Donnell - 405-557-7379
Representative Osborn - 405-557-7333
Representative Sherrer - 405-557-7364
Representative Virgin - 405-557-7323
kevin.calvey@okhouse.gov, jon.echols@okhouse.gov, randy.grau@okhouse.gov, chris.kannady@okhouse.gov, mark.mccullough@okhouse.gov richardmorrissette@okhouse.gov, terry.odonnell@okhouse.gov, leslie.osborn@okhouse.gov, bensherrer@okhouse.gov, emily.virgin@okhouse.gov
Prosecutors should be violated.
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Some of 'em should for sure!
Molon Labe...
There are significant numbers of Prog-libs in Tulsa and OKC that would LOVE to ban guns in the entire state. Seriously. There are. I used to work with some of them.
In other words they couldn't crush the defendant under endless government prosecutions that would destroy his life anyway. Yeah, lets get rid of that law.
Yes indeed there are! Lots of Fudds too. I used to, and STILL work with some of them. Worked at a local university for several years, where they were (and are) thick upon the ground.
My thoughts exactly.
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