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LANSING (AP) - Earlier this year, gun control advocates failed to block a Florida bill allowing people to use deadly force in the street to defend themselves. The advocates vow not to let that happen in Michigan. The battle in Michigan over the so- called deadly force legislation is impor- tant for both sides in the gun debate. It could open the doors to similar laws across the country - a top priority for the National Rifle Association - or stop the effort in its tracks. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Million Mom March are sending out news releases criticiz- ing the legislation and are calling law- makers in an attempt to keep the bills from getting out of the House Judiciary Committee. "This is a byproduct of having missed the boat in Florida," said Peter Hamm, director of communications for the Washington-based Brady Campaign. "We have been watching like a hawk for this to surface in other states." The Michigan legislation would eliminate the requirement that people being attacked must retreat before responding with deadly force. It would allow people who feel threatened, even in a public area, to "meet force with force" and defend themselves without facing criminal or civil prosecution. State Reps. Tom Casperson and Rick Jones, both Republicans, introduced the bills. They said that although it would be unlikely for a crime victim to face criminal charges for killing some- one in self-defense, a law is needed to guarantee it. "Our intent is to protect crime vic- tims who are in imminent danger of losing their lives," said Jones, a former Eaton County sheriff. "This does not put more guns on the street. This will not create the OK Corral." The law is identical to the Florida measure, which allows people who feel threatened anywhere - on the street or even in public places such as a bar - to defend themselves with deadly force. Without the threat of prosecution, some of the thousands of Michigan residents carrying concealed weapons may be more likely to use them, said Sarah Brady, chairwoman of the Brady Campaign. The group is named for her and her husband, Jim, who as President Reagan's press secretary was shot and severely injured during a 1981 assas- sination attempt. "There are a lot more guns on the street and then you're going to get the right to use them willy-nilly? That doesn't bode real well," Brady said during a telephone interview. If it passes, Michigan would be the second state with such a measure. A similar bill has been introduced in Alabama, but lawmakers in that state are not scheduled to meet again until January 2006. The legislation may win approval in the House and Senate, where half of each chamber was recently endorsed by the Michigan Coalition for Respon- sible Gun Owners, a statewide gun rights advocacy group. It is unclear whether Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm would sign the legislation if it reached her desk. Spokeswoman Heidi Hansen said the administration is reviewing the two- bill measure. Gun control activists in Michigan are calling their lawmakers and send- ing them postcards and e-mails to explain their opposition, said Shikha Hamilton, head of the state's Million Mom March chapter. "The scariest part is that you're removing the duty to retreat. That's really there to preserve ife," said Hamilton. "And if you take someone's life you should have to answer to the police.... No one is in jail right now for protect- ing their family." Canadians prohibited from dumping trashl in Michigan LANSING (AP) - Legislation approved yesterday by the state House would prohibit Canadian trash from being dumped in Michigan landfills once the federal government gives the state authority to ban foreign refuse. The chamber voted 105-3 to approve the main bill in the three-bill package. Only two Democrats voted against the bill, but several said the legislation did not go far enough. They said the state should not wait for the federal government to ban foreign trash and said the measure limits only a por- tion of out-of-state waste because it doesn't limit garbage coming in from other states. Rep. Kathleen Law (D-Gibralter) failed to win support for an amend- ment that would have increased the dumping fee on trash from 21 cents per ton to $7.50 if Congress does not allow state trash regulation by Nov. 1. Democrats say that only by making Michigan an expensive place to dump trash will out-of- state trash decrease. "Citizens in Michigan don't want us to wait anymore," Law said, not- ing the GOP plan won't take effect until Congress acts. The Republican-controlled House also defeated amendments to ban the construction of new land- fills until 2010 and increase penal- ties for trash-related violations. Democrats Alexander Lipsey of Kalamazoo and Bill McCo- nico of Detroit voted against the main bill, as did Republican Leon Drolet of Macomb County's Clin- ton Township. Share your space, but live on your own. Bedding . , Q,"& sr [ a I