Minnesota –-(Ammoland.com)- Last night, the Minnesota House officially forwarded the Stand Your Ground bill to Governor Dayton. It’s time to tell him to sign it. Please take a few seconds or minutes for your rights.
What you can do today:
TAKE 15 SECONDS:
Call the governor’s office, and ask him to sign HF1467, the Stand Your Ground bill, TODAY!
Metro: 651-201-3400
Toll-Free: 800-657-3717
TAKE 45 SECONDS:
Send an email: Go to the governor’s website at https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/form/, and send the same message.
TAKE 90 SECONDS:
Send a fax with the same message to 651-797-1850. Don’t have a fax machine? Send a fax for free at faxzero.com
TAKE FIVE MINUTES:
Write a real letter, on paper. These are incredibly effective in convincing a politician of how seriously we take an issue.
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Suggested language: “Please sign HF1467, the Stand Your Ground bill, today.”
Forward this page to a dozen friends and ask them to do the same.
What you can do tomorrow, and every day until he signs the bill: Do it again (see above). Seriously.
The Stand Your Ground bill protects and restores our rights in many ways.
Here’s the detail:
HF1467, the Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2011, brings “Stand Your Ground” protections to Minnesota, restores the presumption that a person using self defense is innocent until proven guilty, enhances Castle Doctrine, prevents the state from seizing guns during an emergency (remember Hurricane Katrina?), improves carry reciprocity with other states and requires the government to do its job to serve law-abiding citizens.
The full text of the bill can be found here: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1467.2.html&session=ls87
Here’s some more detail about the bill:
Adds Stand Your Ground
- HF1467 brings “Stand Your Ground” protections to Minnesota, removing the requirement that an intended victim of violent crime must retreat from a place where he has a right to be before using deadly force in self-defense.
Enhances Castle Doctrine
- The bill also strengthens Minnesota’s “Castle Doctrine,” clarifying when and under what circumstances individuals can legally use deadly force to protect themselves in their homes and vehicles. In addition, it creates a presumption that, when faced with an apparent home invasion, carjacking, or kidnapping attempt, a person may use deadly force in self-defense.
Adds Universal Carry Permit Acceptance
- Of particular interest to carry permit holders, the final article of the bill updates our carry permit reciprocity standards, allowing people holding carry permits from any other state to carry in Minnesota (under Minnesota law, of course). This should result in a large increase in the number of states where Minnesota permit holders can carry since many states allow other states’ permit holders to carry on a reciprocal basis.
Prevents Gun Seizures During a State of Emergency
- Taking a lesson from the problems in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the bill also bans government agencies from seizing guns or ammo, revoking permits to purchase or carry, closing gun shops, or otherwise suspending our constitutional rights during a civil emergency — or at any other time. It also prohibits law enforcement officers from seizing a person’s gun, unless the person is arrested, or the gun is evidence of a crime.
Enhances Purchase Permit Rights
- The bill also borrows a page from the Permit to Carry law, providing a more robust appeal process for denied purchase permits, and requiring those police chiefs and sheriffs whose purchase permit denials are overturned must pay the applicants legal costs.
About Minnesota Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance
We are the Minnesota Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance, the organization behind CCRN (Concealed Carry Reform Now!). We are people from all walks of life who have banded together to preserve and protect all of our civil rights as gun owners. Visit: www.gocra-mn.org
