Governor Sean Parnell supports "stand your ground" law in Alaska. Apparently there are not enough gun fatalities in the state for him.

"look I am a tiny, pasty face, loser, living in the shadow of Sarah Palin. Of course I need to encourage the passing of dangerous gun laws to feel masculine."

Courtesy of the Fairbanks NewsMiner:

 Gov. Sean Parnell supports a proposal that would expand Alaskans' right to use deadly force as a means of self-defense -despite concerns raised in the past by members of his administration. 

Current law describes a right to use deadly force in self-defense only when a person is at home or work. Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Big Lake, the sponsor of HB80, would extend the right to any place a person is legally allowed. 

Supporters claim there is a "duty to retreat" imposed by current law that puts people's lives at risk and could send them to prison for defending themselves. 

Opponents say the bill is a response to a problem that does not exist, as no Alaska prosecutor has gone after someone under those circumstances, and the effect would actually be giving violent criminals a self-defense claim to avoid prosecution.

Interestingly enough Parnell's own  ex-Attorney General spoke out vehemently against the bill back in 2010, when it was first introduced.

Former Attorney General Dan Sullivan wrote a scathing review of a 2010 bill that is nearly identical to HB80. 

"This bill would encourage the needless taking of human life," Sullivan wrote in a March 15, 2010, letter to then-House Judiciary Chairman Jay Ramras. "In the (Dimond Center), Sears Mall, McDonald's or any other public location, a person is no longer required to walk away from a confrontation, but instead may kill another citizen even if they could have walked away with complete safety." 

Assistant Attorney General Annie Carpeneti also spoke against the 2010 bill. 

"We're confused and concerned about this bill," she said in a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the 2010 bill. She also said the state already has strong self-defense laws and the bill would only encourage violence. 

The proposal died that year. Neuman introduced a slightly retooled bill in 2011. 

Already Alaska has some of the most lax gun laws in the country, and we certainly do NOT need to be encouraging assholes to pick fights so that they can overcompensate for their shortcoming by shooting people in the streets.

It also should be no small consideration is that Alaska currently leads the nation in gun deaths per capita.

The state of Alaska leads the nation in per capita gun deaths, a new analysis by the Violence Policy Center shows. 

The study released Monday indicates Alaska has a household gun ownership rate of about 60 percent and a gun death rate of about 20.64 per 100,000 people, nearly double the national rate.

Did you see that statistic?  60 percent of Alaskans have guns in their possession.

Currently they are encouraged to walk away from trouble. But if this law passes they will have every right to pull out their weapon and end the life of a fellow human being.

In the aftermath of what we have seen with the Trayvon Martin case, how can ANYBODY be this ignorant of the potential outcome if this law was to pass?

We call Parnell, Captain Zero.  We have usually used that nickname in response to his lack of personality.  After this we will use it to indicate his lack of intelligence, his lack of compassion, and the obvious lack of balls that he needs to stand up to the NRA.

San Parnell is a coward, and like ALL cowards he wants to hide behind a gun, or in this case a gun lobby, to make himself feel more like a man.