Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on April 21, 2005

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This just codifies the traditional common law approach that a citizen can use deadly force on his own land or property. Believe it or not, there are cases where a burgler was shot and crippled by a homeowner. Burgler's have sued the homeowner and won. Now the homeowner (insurance company) has to pay the burgler!

I've never understood the premise behind why someone should have to run in the first place before using force to defend themselves, irregardless of where they're at. This is common sense legislation that should be fast tracked out of committee, approved by the legislature, and signed into law.

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.

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!

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???