The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 1926, which included a ‘castle doctrine’ provision. Support for the bill was overwhelming. It passed the state Senate, 45-4, in October and the state House of Representatives, 161-35, in early November.
Pennsylvania legislators were certainly not the only lawmakers to move in the direction of providing greater rights to defend a home, car or person. Pennsylvania’s bill was similar in many respects to the 31 states with some form of a castle doctrine, “stand your ground,” or “make my day” law.
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