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The Op­po­si­tion is not op­posed to sup­port­ing stand-Your-Ground leg­is­la­tion, but on­ly if it is what cit­i­zens want.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les re­vealed that she was open to col­lab­o­rat­ing with the Gov­ern­ment to pass this piece of leg­is­la­tion, pend­ing pub­lic con­sul­ta­tion.

The self-de­fence law al­lows any­one who feels se­ri­ous­ly threat­ened to fight back with force, in­clud­ing dead­ly force, with­out hav­ing to run away or re­treat to their home, car or even out­side first.