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Castle Doctrine in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Castle Doctrine (also known as a Castle Law or a Defense of Habitation Law ) is an American legal concept arising from English Common Law that designates one's place of residence (or, in some ...
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The law of the jungle is fine if you're the biggest, meanest SOB in the jungle. For the rest of us, it's not very comforting. I never would have shot at the dog in the first place. That's a violent step and there ... Colorado's 'Make my day' law shields man in shooting death over dog dispute; Associated Press ^ | 11-11-03 ;
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Under Colorado's "Make My Day" law, people are allowed to use deadly force in self defense against intruders in their home. ... David Webster, a defense attorney and former prosecutor, said it's still unclear whether the "Make My Day" law will apply to this case.
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Colorado's Make My Day Law would be expanded to apply in businesses, but not in vehicles, under a bill that won narrow approval in a state House committee Wednesday. ... Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, said his bill is a reasonable extension of the Make My Day Law. ... Colorado's deadliest traffic accident killed 20 children on Dec.
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University of Colorado Law Review; Symposium, Crime is Not the Problem: Lethal Violence in America; Issues Arising from the New Book by Franklin E. ... COMMENTS ON ZIMRING AND HAWKINS'S CRIME IS NOT THE PROBLEM: ... Although there need to be appropriate restrictions on "make my day" laws to prevent their abuse, [29] it is...
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I'd expand Colorado's "Make My Day" law beyond the walls of your home to include the boundaries of your property. I'm less concerned about the imagined excesses of vigilante justice than the all-too-real marauding of social predators.
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