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MercutioATC

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Thu Mar-23-06 02:32 AM
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4. Possible abuse of the law can be argued in almost ANY case...

The point is that if somebody is breaking into your house (or presenting a valid threat to your life in any circumstance), some states require that you retreat as far as humanly possible before you defend yourself. That's unacceptable, in my opinion.

Yes, there's the possibility that somebody might shoot an "intruder" and lie about the circumstances, but that has nothing to do with the sanity of a law that doesn't allow somebody to protect themself.

I'm all for the change.

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