Wyoming seems an unlikely place for a battle over Second Amendment rights, since over half of Wyoming households have guns. But the N.R.A. and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence have squared off over the right to use deadly force if attacked.
"It's about a right to defend yourself," said Watt, a former policeman. "And that is a right that we all should have, regardless of whether there's been any cases where someone has been prosecuted for using self defense or not. It's something that we should not have to worry about, and this is to give back that right to the citizens of Wyoming."
The Brady bunch seem to think otherwise.
In Florida, where a no-retreat law was signed early last year, defense lawyers are starting to bring it into their defense of shooting cases, said Arthur C. Hayhoe, executive director of the Florida Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
"What they've done is legalized manslaughter here in Florida," Hayhoe said.
Gun control proponents have never been particularly honest about the effects of their intended regulation. They've consistently overstated their statistics while they've ignored the evidence of declining crime rates in right to carry states. The one thing they are honest about is their insatiable desire to regulate.
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