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SF 2159 Senate Long Description

"Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2015"; clarifying the law on use of force in defense of home and person; codifying and extending Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws; eliminating the boundaries of dwelling for purpose of self-defense outside the home; expanding the boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense; creating a presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth force; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that persons occupied vehicle
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