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Self-Defence Gun Bills Are Gifts to Gangsters
31 January 2006
Arizona Star, Editorial
Tucson, Arizona — State Rep. Russell Pearce of Mesa and Sen. Tim Bee of Tucson are asking the Legislature to expand the laws governing self-defense. Their bills are poorly thought out, unnecessary and potentially dangerous.
Pearce's bill expands the concept of self-defense to cover situations that are ludicrously rare and circumstances that are so obvious that they'd be well-covered by existing law.
The Pearce bill allows a person to use deadly force if he or she... (GunPolicy.org)