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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Members of the North Dakota Legislature are taking another shot at easing restrictions on citizens’ right to use deadly force in self-defense. The bill would allow someone to use deadly force without retreating in certain circumstances.

The proposal to remove the so-called “duty to retreat” provision is the latest attempt by far-right lawmakers to modify the state’s “castle law.”

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, at least 25 states have laws saying there is no duty to retreat before using deadly force against an attacker.