Gun owners and advocates carried the day in the House on Wednesday In a surprise turnaround, the House supported legislation it defeated last month that would give people more leeway to use guns to defend themselves in public places.It also voted for a bill to bar the state from taking guns or ammunition from people during a state of emergency."Nothing should chip away at our freedom," argued Rep. Lynne Ober, R-Hudson. If weapons had been confiscated centuries ago, "we might have been singing God Save the Queen," she said.A Senate-passed bill gave the House a second shot at expanding the right to use of deadly force. It passed, 193-134.The bill would allow people to use guns or other weapons in self-defense anywhere where they have a right to be. It would remove the requirement that a person retreat when it's safe to do so....
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