Saturday, September 10, 2005

Michigan bills would allow residents to fatally shoot intruders

I'm guessing this is what the Brady squad was talking about:
Michigan residents could fatally shoot someone who breaks into their home or vehicle without facing criminal or civil prosecution under proposed legislation.

The two-bill package, which is opposed by anti-gun violence groups, would assume that a person who forcibly enters or intrudes in a home or 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, introduced Wednesday, also would eliminate the requirement that people who are being attacked have to retreat before responding, as long as they're in a place they legally have a right to be.
As far as I'm concerned, this is a movement that needs to spread just as widely as concealed carry has.

tnx to Alphecca and Daily Pundit

UPDATE: There two bills in the Michigan legislature to which they could be referring: HB 5142 and HB 5153. I think the Brady boobs left their press release intentionally vague so they could use it for either one. Thanks to David Codrea at The War on Guns for this information.

1 comment:

  1. Per the Bradys, it's 5143...
    http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=53050

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