Posted on 09/09/2005 7:00:08 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
September 7, 2005
LANSING (AP) - Michigan residents could fatally shoot someone who breaks into their home or vehicle without facing criminal or civil prosecution under new legislation.
A two-bill package introduced today would assume that a person who forcibly enters or intrudes in a home or an occupied vehicle intends to kill or hurt the owner or occupant. It is patterned after a law signed earlier this year in Florida.
The bills also would eliminate the requirement that people who are being attacked have to retreat before responding ... read more Related Articles : Lawmakers introduce bills allowing deadly force for intruders -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is Michigan's "meet force with force" or "no duty to retreat" Bill. In part, it reads:
(3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or to another person or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
To read the full text of HB 5143 click HERE. The gun-defense bills are House Bills 5142 & 5143 This legislation was "introduced" today, no vote or action has been taken so far.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcrgo.org ...
Living in AA, even if this DOES pass I'm sure I'd still catch hell for shooting an intruder. At least I'd have a more solid basis for my defense, though.
Mike
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i thought the bills played in buffalo
for a link to a pdf of full text, and to watch status..
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2005-HB-5143
glad to see this.
Why should there even be a bill such as this?
Shakespeare was right....
Good trend, but a two edged sword.
Exercising a right should not have to be legislated (read "permitted").
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Thanks for the post; ping.
Governor Granholm, DO NOT VETO the "Shoot to Save Lives" bill.
i am a michigan resident and all i can say is "it's about time".........MichaelP is probably correct jennifer will probably veto it
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