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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The governor has signed a measure that extends Indiana residents' right to use deadly force to protect themselves, spelling out that they don't have to back down before resorting to gunfire.
State law already allowed Hoosiers to use a gun or other deadly weapon to prevent serious bodily injury to themselves or someone else.
The statute that Gov. Mitch Daniels signed Tuesday adds that a resident "does not have a duty to retreat," a phrase intended to prevent courts from determining that people must give way before using deadly force.
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