Arlyn Briggs got 19% of the vote in the 2022 GOP primary to choose their candidate for governor. About 90,000 voters chose a candidate arrested for threatening to shoot the police. Not only that, but all in defense of a person accused of stalking. He also ran for the state House in 2012 and 2020. He ended up being arrested three times for menacing the police.
Briggs allowed a man who was wanted for stalking by police to hide out at his home. When he saw a Sheriff’s vehicle driving by, he called and warned them that the castle doctrine allows him to defend his home. “I may have to shoot you.” he said.
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Jul 10, 2022, Page 8
Lawrence, Kansas, US