...so I'm surfin' the 'net as I usually do, and I run across someting quite disturbing. A law was passed in Florida that made it possible to use lethal force on another person for the act of "self-defense" In short here's what the law states...
The new Florida Shoot First law eliminates the duty to retreat and allows a person not engaged in unlawful activity who is attacked in a public place to "stand his or her ground" and use deadly force if "he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or to another person or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony." Thus, even if the shooter could have safely avoided the threat by walking away or seeking refuge elsewhere, the Shoot First law permits him to shoot the assailant and gives him immunity from criminal prosecution and civil suit if he does so.
I am a native Floridian...this law to me in short is BULLSHIT! Go to www.shootfirstlaw.org and take a stand on this. This angers me beyond belief...that such laws can be passed in a society such as ours.
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