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Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams got it right when he told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Pennsylvania’s expanded self-defense law was unnecessary but the best that could be hoped for since Republicans in the Legislature were determined to change the statute
The castle doctrine to which Williams referred is the law – found in most states – that defines a person’s home as his castle and grants anyone the right to defend that castle without fear of prosecution. If someone enters the home uninvited, the person who lives there can shoot first and ask questions later: Was he armed? What was his intent? Did he pose a threat?
The Legislature, for the second time in as many years, approved a bill that extends the castle doctrine to anywhere a person has a legal right to be: his yard, his car, the supermarket or a youth soccer game, for example…
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