State Rep. Jim Walsh came on JohnandShari saying he wants to create a bill that will “clear up the language around self-defense” to protect people he feels have actual self-defense claims while still allowing the state to punish others.
Walsh says that the current language around self-defense gives prosecutors too much discretion when applying the law, allowing incidents like Tolbert’s trial to use the defense when running from a shooter and firing blindly, but punishing Washington residents that confront and use deadly force against catalytic converter thieves.
“We can make our law better for people who actually act in self-defense, at the same time, narrowing it so this kind of ridiculous misuse of the statute doesn’t ever happen again,” Walsh said. “I’ve seen even before this McDonald’s shooting happened. I was getting complaints from people saying the flip side of it, prosecutors are being vicious and going after people who use force or deadly force to protect themselves or the property … largely with these catalytic converter thefts.
“There’s a good chance. I mean, I think people are fed up with a lot of stuff that’s been going on, we only need nine seats, we need to flip nine seats in the state legislature of the state house to get a thin majority,” Walsh said. “This crosses party lines, this crosses race and gender, this crosses equity, all the issues that are important to the current speaker and the current governor, people of all sorts are upset about this.
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