Self-defense In Parks

Contrary to what the Left likes to push in places like New York, you might actually need to defend yourself in a public park. Man dead in shooting at Randall dog park in Yakima

The man, later identified as Daniel Ortega, 22, of Yakima, was interacting with another man and his child at the park, and "attempted to endanger the life of the small child with his words and actions," the police news release said.

The father told Ortega to leave his family alone, and attempted to leave the park, the release said. When his attempts to de-escalate the incident failed, the 28-year-old Yakima man "discharged his legally owned firearm in defense of himself and his child," the release said.

And because people in Washington State - or maybe it was just the reporters - the police had to emphasize the fact that the guy shooting the gun was NOT the aggressor, but only defending himself.

Hat tip goes to The DaleyGator: Yes, a right to self-defense matters even in parks.

Gun control activists love to make public parks off-limits to lawful concealed carry whenever and wherever they can. In states like New York and New Jersey, anti-gun Democrats have already declared parks to be “sensitive places” where concealed carry is prohibited, and states from Maryland to Hawaii are hoping to do the same this year.

From a constitutional perspective, banning legally-carried guns from public parks seems to squarely violate the Supreme Court’s edict in Bruen that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental right to bear arms for self-defense in public. From a practical perspective the only thing the prohibition does is put law-abiding citizens at risk of being unable to protect themselves from a violent encounter.

Self-defense is a human-right, and Washington State has a long history of recognizing it as a legal right.