A Democratic Assemblyman has withdrawn legislation filed this year that would have restricted the use of lethal force to protect oneself.
Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur, of Hollywood, canceled Assembly Bill 1333, sponsored by the gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety, on March 12, blaming misleading information.
“We have worked closely with law partners and gun safety organizations to strive for the right balance of protecting victims from armed vigilantes in public spaces while simultaneously safeguarding the right to self-defense,” Zbur wrote in a statement Wednesday. “Unfortunately, misleading information has fueled fear and confusion about the bill.”
The assemblyman said the bill was meant to close “a dangerous legal loophole that could allow armed aggressors to initiate confrontations in public, kill their victims, and then exploit self-defense laws to escape accountability.”…