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The bill would also include text that reads the “right to life is voluntarily forfeit by a person during the commission of violence or threats of violence against another person or property, as self-defense and defense of property are key elements of the Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
“The right to life is regained when the person ceases their violence or ceases to be a threat to another person or property. Individuals, organizations and Governments and their agents are not authorized to end a person’s life, except as described above.”
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IANAL and maybe I'm reading this wrong, but that certainly sounds to me that if a petty thief grabs a woman's handbag and tries to run off with it, either the woman or a bystander have carte blanche to protect the property by shooting the thief while they're running away. Cool, cool.