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Gov. Pete Ricketts said Monday he would be open to the possibility of enacting a so-called "stand your ground" law that would broaden the legal right to self-defense in Nebraska.

Stand-your-ground laws, supported by the National Rifle Association, generally establish the right of citizens to use force, including lethal force, to protect themselves from threats or perceived threats without making any effort to retreat from a confrontation.

Varying forms of those laws now are in effect in at least 25 states and have generally expanded upon earlier self-defense guarantees within one's home.

"I'd be interested in working with a senator who might want to work on that," Ricketts told a caller from Omaha during his monthly radio call-in show aired on KFOR in Lincoln.

"I would always err on the side of protecting the public safety," the governor said.

Ricketts said he strongly supports the Second Amendment and its guarantee of the right to bear arms.

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