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Tue 12 Dec 2009Ahern denies law is a 'licence to kill'
MINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has rejected suggestions that legislation which would allow householders to use lethal force when defending their home was a licence to kill.
The draft Criminal Law (Defences) Bill 2009, published by the Law Reform Commission and launched by the Minister last night, will be enacted in early 2010.
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