Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April 2, 2009

On the night of March 11, 2007, David Lozano of Austin, Texas received a phone call from a violent man with whom his wife had an affair. So when he later heard a knock at the door, Lozano loudly chambered a round in his handgun in the hope of scaring away the would-be assailant.

Lozano didn?t know that his antagonist had phoned in a false domestic violence report that sent Officer Roger Boudreau to his home.

When Lozano opened the door, Boudreau opened fire. Lozano, seeing only an unidentified figure in black, responded in kind. He was wounded and eventually lost a leg. He was also jailed for more than a year. Officer Boudreau, whose report of the incident contained several misrepresentations, received a medal of valor.

Last week, charges were dropped against Lozano, which is a small but important victory for the cause of armed self-defense against unlawful state violence.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.