2005 House Bill 4654: Repeal “duty to retreat” in home self defense

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Introduced by Rep. Tom Casperson (R) on April 21, 2005, to establish in law that a person who uses deadly force for self defense in his or her home or contiguous private property need not first flee from a threatening attacker.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on April 21, 2005.

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1) how about... by crazycajun on May 31, 2006
amending the state constitution and taking out the nonsense that sez that an honest, law abiding citizen of the great state of michigan has to retreat from an evil doer in the first place???

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2) Finally, one who thinks! by Anonymous Citizen on May 10, 2005
After browsing through the general lot of disgraceful fools who give away our money, tax us over and over and produce useless and self serving legislation or that which takes our rights, WE FINALLY HAVE COME ACSOSS A THINKING MAN. GIVE HIM A STAR!
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3) Anywhere by Anonymous Citizen on April 26, 2005
The law should be rewritten to state that you do not have a duty to retreat from ANYWHERE you have a legal right to be. Several states are applying such a law and it is sometimes called it a "Make my day law". Please do the same here.
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