Brown should revisit positions on guns, ‘stand your ground’

 By Jamie Lewis   |   Charles City

I believe that current Iowa law provides that an individual can use lethal force against anyone unlawfully entering his property under what’s called the castle doctrine. The ”Stand Your Ground” law that Waylon Brown supports would extend that concept to any public property. In instances where there is no witness other than the shooter to a homicide, it is very easy for anyone to claim “self-defense.”

Given the fresh news that a man with mental problems ended the lives of two policemen in Des Moines, perhaps Waylon Brown might see a need to revisit his resistance to mental health screenings for gun purchases?