CALIFORNIA AB 1333

By Bob Walsh

 

Right now the formerly great state of California actually has a pretty good self-defense in the home law.  It was passed ages ago when the Republicans were a strong force in the legislature and the Democrats were not all woke psychopaths.  The current law creates a presumption (a rebuttable presumption but a legal presumption nevertheless) that if a person forces their way into your home that they are there to do harm to you or others in your home and that force, including deadly force, is likely to be justifiable.  The law was passed when honest law-abiding people were sued and prosecuted for shooting people who later claimed that they were there merely to steal property and not harm anybody and that therefore the use of force against them was not legally justified.

Last week AB 1333 (Rick Zbur, D, Los Angeles) was introduced into the legislature.  If passed into law as currently written you would no longer have the legal right to defend your home (habitation), property or person from violent intruders.  You would be required to retreat and flee your home rather than offer violence to intruders.  

The backlash against Zbur has been significant and he is already at least saying that he is backing away from the current language.  He asserted that the bill is aimed against "wannabe vigilantes like Kyle Rittenhouse" (who was on a public street when his incident occurred).