House passes bill to expand gun laws
The Minnesota House has passed a bill that expands the rights of people to defend themselves if they feel they are in imminent danger.
The House passed the bill 79-50 on Saturday night.
The bill sponsored by Rep. Tony Cornish, a Good Thunder Republican and a small-town chief of police, would give a person in a home, car, tent or other dwelling the legal right to decide how much force should be required to defend oneself.
The bill has drawn the ire of gun-control advocates and is opposed by a number of chiefs of police and prosecutors around the state. A spokesman for Gov. Mark Dayton says the governor is likely to take that opposition into account.
The state Senate has not yet voted on the bill.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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