DENVER -- State lawmakers will look at broadening Colorado's Make My Day law this week.

People who use deadly force to protect themselves in their homes cannot be prosecuted under the Make My Day law. But under the proposal Make My Day Better, people who use deadly force to protect themselves in businesses or cars would also be shielded from prosecution.

The measure will be introduced in a House committee on Wednesday by state Rep. Cory Gardner.

The Republican from Yuma points to the case of a Denver businessman who told police that he shot a burglar in self-defense inside his restaurant. A judge threw out an attempted murder charge against him but ordered him to stand trial on a charge of first-degree assault.

Prosecutors say the law does not apply to businesses.

Gardner said there's no reason people can't protect themselves in their businesses or cars.

But Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald said lawmakers need to be careful of unintended consequences. She wondered if they want to approve lethal force to protect a car.