... was in not threatening to personally use violence, apparently.

NH Sheriff Candidate Would Use Deadly Force To Stop Abortions

MANCHESTER, NH (CBS) – A man running for sheriff in New Hampshire says if he is elected, he will arrest anyone involved in an abortion in his county.

Frank Szabo set off a firestorm with the comments. People on all sides of the political spectrum have condemned the statements, but Szabo stands by them. He says it’s the sheriff’s job to protect every citizen – even the unborn.

Frank Szabo

Szabo is running as a Republican for Hillsborough County Sheriff. But he injected a new issue in the debate when he sent out a press release saying he would arrest anyone performing an abortion.

He took it a step further when asked how far he’d go to stop one.

“Deadly force is the last thing law enforcement should be using, if a citizen’s life is in danger they should be protected,” says Szabo. “If there is no other choice, that’s what’s needed to protect the citizen.”

Republicans called Szabo’s statement, “Irresponsible, outrageous, and inappropriate.”

Democrats said, “Every Republican officeholder and candidate in New Hampshire must condemn and reject this man and his beliefs.”

His opponent, current Hillsborough County Sheriff James Hardy says Szbao’s statement could incite violence.

“My opponent wants to substitute his opinions for enforcing the law,” says Sheriff Hardy.

And voters in downtown Manchester seemed surprised abortion was even an issue the sheriff’s race.

“I’m not sure how he feels he can get away with that,” said one woman.

“I think people have strong opinions and it would influence how they vote,” said another woman.

Szabo isn’t backing down.

He says, “Why is there a difference between someone who is 20 years old and their life is in danger and someone who is nine months in utero.”

Szabo will face off against the current sheriff in the Republican primary next month.

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Did you not notice how quickly Akin went under the bus? Way to not get out of the primary, genius. And NH is not exactly Culture War Central.

He did later apologize, saying that he let his "passionate stance against abortion get the better of [him]." He didn't bother to explain why it would be a good idea to elect a guy who might let his passions get the better of him with a gun in his hand, however.

that's not nearly taking it far enough, ova and sperm need to have human rights and people have to give them a chance to live or to be made to do so (at gun point if need be) - ofc if any of these potential human beings are "wasted" their potential parents need to be arrested for murder (or shot at sight as they are a serious threat to society)

/jk

i agree that its murder and these human beings are being deprived of rights....but he has no legal basis to arrest someone(unlawfully detain) or to shoot someone(murder/attempted murder), but as long as he is prepared to accept the consequences his actions will bring...

This debate will continue to be the ugliest debate topic, I think. It's not like other topics where you can say "live your life by your morals and let me live my life by mine" because we're talking the difference between accepting the fact that you're killing a baby human life, or accepting the fact that the baby isn't human.

Well that's just messed up...

Now it will be the "Give Birth or Die" State.

Ha. I think this guy's career just got aborted, so probably not.

If he is so keen on writing the laws of the USA himself he should become a lobbyist.

This guy is so pro-life that he'll use a gun to kill the mother and the fetus if the mother attempts to abort the latter. Ironic much?

death penalty for aborters!