LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A Democratic state legislator is running for a Republican-held U.S. House seat in east Arkansas, a spokesman for the state party said Tuesday. State Rep. Monte Hodges planned Wednesday to formally launch his bid for the 1st Congressional District with an eight-day tour, state party spokesman Jacob Kauffman said.
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RT if you’ve asked a friend to help you stop Stand Your Ground. My wish this weekend is to turn every #arpx tweet into a phone call to a FRIEND, asking them to (nicely) contact the House Judiciary Committee about Stand Your Ground. pic.twitter.com/Y0FzAoXSOc
Tuesday will be a climactic day for the
license-to-kill legislation known as the
Stand Your Ground Bill. It eliminates a need to retreat (even a person who is trespassing) before killing someone because of a perceived threat. As yet, none of the sponsors has produced a case of wrongful prosecution of a self-defense case in Arkansas, but prosecuting attorneys, who joined opposition two years ago, were cowered into submission this session by the gun lobby. Gun fetishists are now firmly in control of the Senate, where this legislation was the first order of business in a pandemic year. Is the situation just as bad in the House, where the bill has 15 sponsors?