The Patriot Post® · Minnesota

Greetings everyone, well, VP Kamala Harris has made Minnesota a state of huge inquiry since she has selected its Governor, Tim Walz, as her running mate. I have been to Minnesota a few times, and love their saying of “Minnesota Nice,” but a careful analysis of that state evidences policies that are to the contrary. Policies that are not in stride with our Constitution.

First of all, I am reminded of the last times Minnesota had someone in the presidential spotlight. One can go back to 1968 when the DNC convention was also in Chicago, and it was Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota as their nominee. If you know your history, that was the election that Richard Nixon won. I also recall another Minnesota presidential candidate, Walter Mondale, who ran against Ronald Reagan. It was an embarrassing defeat for the late Mondale, who barely won the State of Minnesota, the only one he did win. He also won the District of Columbia.

More recently, we should be concerned about the State of Minnesota because, during the Obama administration, Minneapolis was a hotbed of Islamic jihadism. Matter of fact, in 2015, there were some 250 total Americans seeking to join ISIS; one in four of them was from Minneapolis, from the Somali refugee community. That same year, six young Somali boys — Zacheria Yusef Abdurahman (19), Adnan Farah (19), Hamad Mustafa Masse (19), Guled Ali Omar (20), Abdirahman Yasein Daud (21), and Mohammed Abdihamed Farah (21) — were all arrested by the FBI for providing material support to a terrorist organization. They were from Minneapolis. And, of course we have the Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison, former Member of the US House of Representatives, who has been a cozy ally to the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is the unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case, the largest Islamic terrorist funding case in US history. CAIR is also known as a wing of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas in America…they have an office on Capitol Hill.

Speaking of Capitol Hill, Minnesota, namely Minneapolis, is the home of one Rep. Ilhan Omar, a virulent anti-Semite who once characterized 9-11 as “some people did something.” She also hails from the Somali refugee community.

It was there, Minnesota, again, Minneapolis, where Governor Tim Walz allowed violent radicals and domestic terrorists, Antifa, to burn down a city, including a police precinct. He did not seek to quell the riots that came in the aftermath of the George Floyd incident. And those who sought the truth are well aware that there was exculpatory evidence withheld in the trial of the Minneapolis Police Officers. What type of Governor would allow domestic terrorists to burn down a major city in his State? Furthermore, it was then Senator Kamala Harris who would help raise bail funds to have these same, shall I say it, insurrectionists, and arsonists to be released from jail.

However, there is a recent decision from the Minnesota Supreme Court that should disturb us all…well, those that believe in the individual constitutional right to self protection.

“A recent ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court has sparked significant concern among those who advocate for the right to self-defense. The court’s decision now mandates a duty to retreat if you are being attacked before claiming self-defense. The ruling was made regarding a case involving second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, which could have far-reaching implications for individuals who defend themselves in threatening situations.”

This case involves one Earley Romero Blevins, who was convicted of second-degree assault-fear with a dangerous weapon. What was Blevins’ crime? He brandished a machete at three individuals on a light rail platform in downtown Minneapolis after one of them, who was armed with a knife, threatened to slice his throat. The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld his conviction asserting that Blevins had a reasonable opportunity to retreat, and failed to do so. Now, is that Minnesota nice?

So now in a city where they have dedicated themselves to defunding, and reimagining, the police, victims are now responsible to retreat if threatened. There is no affirmation of the right to self-defense and standing your ground. I am sure that the leftists in Minnesota also want to see law-abiding citizens disarmed, so now they must expose themselves to be shot, or stabbed, in the back before that can be considered in the right to defend themselves. Hmm, sorry, but if someone conveys a threat to me, my response is to eliminate the threat, not seek retreat.

I hope someone will be asking the presumptive Democratic VP nominee if he agrees with his Supreme Court decision and if he believes this ruling should be extended across America? Can you imagine the ramifications? The victim of a crime can now be deemed criminally liable and guilty of the felony offense of second-degree assault-fear with a dangerous weapon. There can be no debate that leftists favor domestic terrorists and criminals. In a confrontation there is no time for hesitation, which cedes the initiative to the assailant.

This is the Harris-Walz vision for America. It is a vision that does not promote individual safety and security but gives advantage to the criminals, and terrorists.

This ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court conveys the belief that even when a law abiding citizen, person, is actively being attacked, and at risk of death, they cannot defend themselves and brandish a deadly weapon if it is “reasonably possible to retreat”. That is the pure definition of FUBAR, and in southern vernacular, “that dawg don’t hunt”.

I do not know if I will be traveling to Minnesota anytime soon, but you can bet that I will be traveling with my Rost Martin RM1C 9mm pistol. And this American ain’t retreating if confronted…and I will not give my consent to any idiot trying to arrest and charge me for exhibiting my right to self-defense. Perhaps leftist males run away, real American Men do not.