'Make My Day Better' bill to grant businesses self-defense protections fails in Colo. Senate

therepublic.com ^ | 5 March, 2012 | IVAN MORENO Associated Press

[marktwain]

DENVER — Colorado Senate Democrats rejected legislation to expand self-defense protections for businesses, saying Monday the proposal would give too much leeway to use deadly force against suspected intruders.

"This dramatically changes self-defense," said Sen. Rollie Heath, a Democrat from Boulder.

[marktwain]

The bill is not dead. The rejection of this bill by the comittee Democrats was expected.

[jiggyboy]

George Hughes, the police chief at the Colorado School of Mines, said the group opposed the bill because it would "open the door to allow a shop owner to use deadly force in circumstances where a customer has a complaint, becomes vocally aggressive, refuses to leave."

Is it too early to declare a Most Hysterical Lie of 2012 winner?

[Maverick68]

“this dramatically changes self-defense”........
Yes, yes it does....

[Paleo Conservative]

The bill is not dead. The rejection of this bill by the comittee Democrats was expected.

Is there a way to bypass the committee to force it to the floor?

[Paleo Conservative]

Sounds like the DemocRATS are concerned about losing some of their constituents.

[GladesGuru]

“”It's power over the use of lethal force in order to protect property, and I'm not willing to go there,” he said.”

Treasonous base t*rd, isn't he? The Founders had no difficulty stating property was sacrosanct. CommieMan, on the other hand ......