Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

October 5, 2007

A year ago, the State of Michigan enacted a law stipulating that individuals can properly use deadly force to defend themselves or others when confronted by an assailant threatening imminent death, bodily harm, or sexual assault.

The law explicitly states that people in such circumstances have no duty to retreat, and that this right can be exercised ?anywhere [a citizen] has a legal right to be.?

That right exists whether or not it is recognized in positive law, and juries outside of Michigan should protect that right where necessary. Since the Michigan law was enacted, several citizens have repelled armed attacks by carjackers.

Would the Michigan law provide legal protection to a citizen who shoots a law enforcement officer threatening the illegal use of lethal force? If not, it's of very limited use. Cases of that sort are becoming increasingly common, and defense against abusive agents of the State was the chief purpose of the Second Amendment.

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