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3 | 3 | LCO No. 1757 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6457 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2023 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 1757 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. HOXHA, 78th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF SELF DEFENSE IN THE CASE | |
19 | 19 | OF AN IMMINENT THREAT OF USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE. | |
20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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23 | 23 | That section 53a-19 of the general statutes be amended to delete the 1 | |
24 | 24 | requirement that a person retreat prior to using deadly physical force in 2 | |
25 | 25 | certain circumstances to defend himself or herself from the imminent 3 | |
26 | 26 | use of deadly physical force, or inflicting or about to inflict great bodily 4 | |
27 | 27 | harm. 5 | |
28 | 28 | Statement of Purpose: | |
29 | 29 | To better enable an individual to defend himself or herself or a third | |
30 | 30 | person from the imminent use of deadly physical force or infliction of | |
31 | 31 | great bodily harm. |