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Make My Day law for business advances in Colorado

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:38 — Dave Culver
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Law & Justice

Opponents, including some in law enforcement, consider the plan an overreach.

Ivan Moreno, Associated Press / Huffington Post

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Colorado takes pride in its Western entrepreneurial spirit — and that extends to the belief of some lawmakers that business owners should be able to use deadly force against anyone who tries to take what's theirs.

It's an idea that conjures Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, and its supporters have taken liberties with the hardboiled character's famous line in naming their measure "Make My Day Better."

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