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From: phl@drusd.UUCP (LavettePH)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: MAKE MY DAY!
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 17:24:02 EST
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The Colorado Senate approved the "MAKE MY DAY!" bill on Wednesday and returned
it to the lower house for minor corrections.  In substance, the bill requires
that the prosecutor prove that the resident was *not* in a life threatening sit-
uation when she or he used lethal force to subdue an intruder in her or his res-
idence.  The bill is thought to have enough support to overide any veto.

Demand is already picking up for those no-tresspassing signs used by ranchers
a year or so ago during the cattle mutilation incidents.  They read:

	TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT! - SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED!

It will be interesting to see if the burglary rate decreases once the thieves
discover that the justice system can no longer protect them.

- Phil