04 March 2008

West Virginia Paper Says Castle Doctrine Bill, On Governor's Desk, Is 'Appropriate'


The West Virginia state legislature has passed and sent a Castle Doctrine bill to Gov. Joe Manchin for his signature. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register newspapers, in identical editorials, praised the bill. Below is an excerpt of the opinion:

"The 'civil liberties' crowd often protests such statutes, claiming that, in effect, criminals have rights, too. Well, yes they do — but those rights should not extend to intimidating law-abiding people who may fear that if they respond to a threat with force, they will find themselves arrested and/or subjected to civil lawsuits. Too many times in the past, precisely that has happened to those who had the courage to resist thugs with enough force to stop them . . ."

To read the entire editorial, click here.


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