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Arizona Bill Proposes Businesses Use Deadly Force Against Property Damage
BY AARON MCDADE ON 3/7/22 AT 12:35 PM EST

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NEWS ARIZONA U.S. POLITICS CRIME ROBBERY

The Arizona state Senate is set to consider a bill on Monday that would allow business owners a wider range of justifications for the use of deadly force against someone with a "deadly weapon" who is damaging their property.

Current state law allows for the use of deadly force when it is used to prevent crimes like murder, rape, child molestation or arson of a building with people inside, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

Michelle Ugenti-Rita, the Republican state senator sponsoring the bill, said it was motivated by the increase of "smash and grab" thefts across the country that led to property damage for business owners.

Critics of the bill, including Senate Democrats and some community activists, said in a committee hearing last week that the bill is too broad and could give business owners the ability to inflict serious violence on someone who might just be spraying graffiti, according to the Associated Press.

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The bill passed through a committee last week and is set for a full state Senate vote on Monday afternoon. If it passes, it will go to the state House for more hearings and debate, the Daily Star reported.

Ugenti-Rita said in last week's hearing that the bill would allow business owners and employees to protect their businesses and jobs with the same rights that they have to protect their homes and family members. Opponents to the bill that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 5-3 party line vote said it could provoke excessive violence.

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