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Tennessee Republican introduces 'Kyle's Law' to 'strengthen protection of self-defense' in honor of Kyle Rittenhouse

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A Tennessee lawmaker has introduced legislation to compensate defendants charged with criminal homicide who are found not guilty for reasons of self-defense.

The proposal, called “Kyle’s Law,” is named for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old Illinois man acquitted of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, and other serious felonies in the shooting deaths of two men at a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020. Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges by a jury of his peers, who determined he acted in self-defense.

“Kyle’s Law” states that a defendant can make a motion for reimbursement following a not-guilty verdict and the court would determine how much the defendant is entitled to. There is an exception that lets the court deny reimbursement in a case where the defendant’s actions were found to be justified but the defendant was engaged in criminal conduct.

The bill’s author, Republican state Rep. Bruce Griffey, told WZTV his bill was named “in honor of Kyle Rittenhouse” and that its purpose is to “strengthen protection of self-defense and Second Amendment rights in the state.”

“Kyle Rittenhouse had to defend himself not only against a first-degree murder charge over the course of a year-plus politically-motivated prosecution and a two-week jury trial, but also against widespread defamation and false branding by corrupt media outlets, simply for exercising his American, God-given right to self-defense,” Griffey said.

“Luckily, Kyle Rittenhouse was rightfully acquitted of all charges, but not after thousands of dollars were expended on attorney fees for his legal defense, reputational damage was incurred and emotional stress was suffered,” he added. “Kyle Rittenhouse can never fully be made whole for what he was forced to endure, but under the law I’m proposing, if someone in TN is placed in the same situation as Kyle Rittenhouse in the future, he/she can at least be financially compensated. My bill will help deter what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse from happening to someone in Tennessee and will help protect the right of Tennesseans to self-defense.”

According to WZTV, Griffey also presented a proclamation in the state House honoring Rittenhouse as “a hero who selflessly defended his community, protected businesses, and acted lawfully in the face of lawlessness” and “a symbol of things that the Left is trying to destroy—our Constitution and our Second Amendment gun rights” who “provides a light of hope that we can fight back against the enemies of our Constitution and win.”

Jogger uses martial arts to turn tables on 18-year-old attacker who reportedly planned for weeks to murder him, keep body in closet to 'fulfill his sexual fantasies'

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A Florida jogger used martial arts to turn the tables on an 18-year-old attacker whom deputies said planned for weeks to murder him and keep his body in a closet in order to use it to “fulfill his sexual fantasies,” WOFL-TV reported.

What are the details?

Logan Smith of Cocoa had been watching his victim and studying his exercise routine, which included jogging past Smith’s house, for about six weeks, deputies told the station.

Smith decided he would kill the man after watching a movie that included violent murderous acts, WOFL said, citing the arrest report.

He made his move on Monday, WKMG-TV reported.

Investigators told WOFL that Smith gathered a rubber mallet, an aerosol Axe deodorant can, and a bathrobe belt and placed them in the driveway of his residence between two parked cars in preparation for the attack. The station added in its video report that Smith placed a sheet in the driveway as well.

“The defendant walked directly across his street where he hid behind a light pole. He placed the mallet and the Axe aerosol on the ground next to him while he waited for the [victim] to come running down the street as he did regularly for exercise. The defendant waited for the victim to run past the light pole and proceeded to run after him,” a deputy wrote in the arrest affidavit, WOFL said. “The defendant then tossed the … robe belt over the victim’s head until it was around the front area of the victim’s neck.”

The victim said he immediately realized what was happening and used his martial arts training to turn the tables on his attacker, WOFL reported, citing deputies.

With that, the victim freed himself and subdued Smith until law enforcement arrived, WKMG-TV reported, adding that deputies arrested Smith near his home in the 7400 block of Batavia Avenue.

Deputies said the victim told them he typically runs about four times a week and never saw Smith prior to the attack, WOFL said.

What else was part of the suspect’s plan?

Smith said he planned to hit the victim with the mallet, spray him in the eyes with the Axe deodorant to disable his vision, strangle him to death — and then drag his body into his home on the bedsheet, deputies told WOFL.

“He further planned to place the victim’s body into his closet where the defendant stated no one would know, and the defendant could have the victim’s body all to himself,” the arrest report said, according to WOFL. “The defendant stated that he also planned to play with the victim to fulfill his sexual fantasies.”

Anything else?

Smith is being held at Brevard County Jail without bond on an attempted murder charge, WOFL said.

A reporter added in the WOFL video that a close friend of Smith’s family said the suspect was diagnosed with two mental disorders at a young age, and that the “system failed him.”

Report: Alabama Sheriff's Association Working with Moms Demand Action to Defeat Constitutional Carry

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Alabama Sheriff’s Association director Robert ‘Bobby’ Timmons is reportedly working with Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Moms Demand Action to defeat the constitutional carry legislation before legislators this session.

The NRA-ILA, the lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), points to a report by 1819 News wherein Timmons is quoted explaining his disappointment that the Supreme Court of the United States had not issued a ruling limiting Second Amendment rights to the exercise of self-defense in one’s home.

1819 News asked Timmons if he would support an amendment to the Constitution explicitly limiting Second Amendment rights to the home and he said, “Oh yeah…I’d be in favor of that. But, I mean, it would never get passed.”

Timmons also told 1819 News that he believes the carrying of a gun ought to require a permit in the same way that driving a car requires a license: “Absolutely without question for public safety just like a driver’s license, you need a driver’s license. If you don’t have a license, you can’t drive. If you don’t have a permit, you can’t carry a concealed gun.”

Mobile Sheriff Sam Cochran is also opposing the multiple constitutional carry bills that have been put forward in Alabama.

On December 29, 2021, AL.com reported that Cochran suggested constitutional carry would create an environment where a criminal who currently cannot carry a gun would be able to do so.

Cochran said, “If these legislators vote and it passes, I will definitely call them out if the first time a police officer or citizen is killed [–] if this results in someone being killed.”

On January 10, 2022, Breitbart News observed that there are currently 21 constitutional carry states in the Union. Those states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at [email protected]. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

Detroit Restaurant Employee Shoots Attacker Dead After Being Stabbed

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An employee at Detroit, Michigan’s Prime and Proper shot an alleged attacker dead Sunday after being stabbed in the restaurant.

FOX News reports the incident occurred just after midnight and the alleged attacker was 52-years old.

The stabbing followed an altercation between the employee and the alleged attacker.

ClickOnDetroit notes that Detroit police indicated the employee shot the alleged attacker after being stabbed, and the gunshot wound proved fatal.

The employee was a security guard working a “‘Cash Only’ club” in the basement of Prime and Proper.

The security guard was in stable condition after being stabbed, but did have to undergo surgery.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at [email protected]. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

Tables turn on another Philly carjacker — only 16 years old — as motorist has his own gun and critically wounds young crook. And observers are cheering.

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Last week a Lyft driver in Philadelphia — licensed to carry a gun — opened fire on a couple of would-be carjackers, shooting and wounding them both. Police caught the two crooks and got them to a hospital. The Lyft driver was unharmed.

Well, a similar scenario played out in the City of Brotherly Love on Thursday night.

What went down?

A 60-year-old man was exiting his car in the 6500 block of Cherokee Street in the neighborhood of Mount Airy just after 8 p.m. when two young carjackers approached him, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told WXTF-TV.

One of the carjackers demanded the man’s key and pointed a gun at his face, police told the station.

Well, the man staring down the barrel of that gun refused to be a victim and just so happened to have his own gun on him. And he had no problem using it.

With that the man pulled out his gun — which he has a permit to carry, police said — and a shootout ensued, WXTF reported.

A better aim

The carjackers fled, the station said, but the man told officers he shot one of the carjackers.

Soon police were called to the 6700 block of Germantown Avenue — only three blocks from the shootout location — and found a 16-year-old in a Jeep bleeding heavily from the legs, Small told WXTF.

Officers drove the kid to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition due to blood loss, police told the station, adding that the 60-year-old later identified the teen as the gunman who tried to carjack him.

Police told WXTF that the targeted motorist wasn’t injured despite several shots fired toward his face.

You don’t say?

Oh, and it turns out that the Jeep in which the shot carjacker was found was stolen during a carjacking last weekend, police told the station, adding that a shoe found at the scene of Thursday night’s failed carjacking matched a shoe in the Jeep that police found.

No word on whether the carjacker was licensed to carry or whether his gun is properly registered.

Carjacking spike

More than 750 carjackings were reported in Philadelphia last year — a 34% increase over 2020, WXTF said. But the station said at least 90 carjackings have been reported in just the first two weeks of 2022.

The station said another armed driver fired several times through his window when an armed suspect approached his window last week in what police believe was yet another carjacking attempt. WXTF said the 18-year-old suspect was shot several times and was later charged in the incident.

How are folks reacting to latest armed Philly motorist to fight back?

Quite a few commenters on a WXTF reporter’s tweet about the foiled Thursday night carjacking — and the wounded perp — were very happy about the outcome:

  • “BREAKING: Criminal went ahead and f***ed around and shortly afterwards proceeded to find out,” one commenter chirped.
  • “GOOD! When will these ASSHOLES learn. I do NOT care how old a carjacker is. They deserve what they get. So instead of getting the car he got shot. You don’t always get what you want. Sooo glad the owner had a gun,” another user declared. “I really do not like saying that. But these days you have to.”
  • “Philly Hero,” another user said.
  • “There seems to be a trend happening. Carjackers are getting shot,” another commenter observed. “Watch. Carjackings will decrease because citizens are defending themselves and the DAO and/or @PPDCommish will come out and take credit for doing nothing.”
  • Another user said “2022 could be the year the citizen take back Philadelphia from the thugs and the relaxed @DA_LarryKrasner.”
  • “Good thing he was ‘permitted’ to protect his self from POS criminals,” another commenter said. “Self defense is a right that should just be…not ‘permitted.'”
  • “Another legend protecting himself from violent gang culture!” another user wrote. “Address this lifestyle thru community education/counseling & APPROPRIATE consequences or the indoctrination of these youngsters will never stop.”