Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz is a Florida native, as many know Florida recently made moves on Stand Your Ground Law and it has gone exceedingly well. Rep. Gaetz has seen this success and is looking to take this state legislation and make it national legislation.
Republican Congressmen Matt Gaetz announced that he would be introducing a Stand Your Ground Law into the House shortly after the verdict was given in the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial. Congressman Gaetz has now delivered on that promise by actually introducing the legislation in the House.
On December 13th Congressman Gaetz was joined by Representatives Louie Gohmert(Tx), Paul Gosar(Az), Marjorie Taylor Greene(Ga), Markwatne Mullin(Ok), Greg Steube(Fl), and Randy Weber(Tx) in introducing the “Stand Your Ground Act” of 2021. This legislation aims to bring Florida’s version of Stand Your Ground to a national level.
From Congressman Matt Gaetz’s Press Release:
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01), along with Reps. Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14), Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Greg Steube (FL-17), and Randy Weber (TX-14), introduced the National “Stand Your Ground Act” of 2021. This bill will codify Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law at the federal level, abolishing the duty of retreat when attacked.
Following the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, Congressman Gaetz announced his intentions to file the National Stand Your Ground Act on an episode of his podcast Firebrand.
“Like Kyle Rittenhouse, every American has the right to defend their life from an attacker. If someone tries to kill you, you should have the right to return fire and preserve your life. Let’s reaffirm in law what exists in our Constitution and in the hearts of our fellow Americans. Abolish the legal duty of retreat everywhere,” Congressman Gaetz said.
Stand Your Ground Law is extremely important and we got a first look at why with the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. We saw that while Kyle Rittenhouse did attempt to retreat from the situation he was still prosecuted by politically motivated District Attorneys. These Stand Your Ground Laws do help in these situations, politically motivated prosecutors can not get a case off the ground in instances like what Kyle Rittenhouse experienced.
