04-07-2005, 09:14 AM | #1 | ||
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Florida to allow use of force even outside home
Oh those Jets/Dolphins games are going to be real fun now!
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/05/dea....ap/index.html Florida to allow use of force even outside home 'Good, common sense, anti-crime issue' Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Posted: 8:04 PM EDT (0004 GMT) TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday he intends to sign a bill that would allow people who feel threatened -- even on the street or at a baseball game -- to "meet force with force" and defend themselves without fear of prosecution. The measure, the top priority of the National Rifle Association in Florida this year, passed the House 94-20 on Tuesday. It had already passed the Senate. Bush, who has championed tougher penalties for people convicted of using guns in crimes, said the bill is about self-defense and called it "a good, common sense, anti-crime issue." The measure essentially extends a right Floridians already have in their home or car. Under present law, however, people attacked anywhere else are supposed to do what they can to avoid escalating the situation and can use deadly force only after they've tried to retreat. "I'm sorry, people, but if I'm attacked I shouldn't have a duty to retreat," said the bill's sponsor, state Rep. Dennis Baxley. "That's a good way to get shot in the back." Baxley said that if people have the clear right to defend themselves without having to worry about legal consequences, criminals will think twice. Opponents feared the bill would make Florida resemble the wild West, but defenders say it is no different from what most other states allow in laws governing self-defense. The bill says a person has "the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including 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 another." |
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04-07-2005, 09:15 AM | #2 |
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We've had this in Texas for several years now, and the anticipated gun battles in the street never materialized.
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04-07-2005, 09:18 AM | #3 | |
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I am just wondering when the military will change its policy. We are still required to turn the other cheek! |
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04-07-2005, 09:20 AM | #4 |
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As a Commie Pinko Liberal, I can't really see a problem here. Looks more like a "technicality" law to neutralize the situations where someone acts in clear self-defense, but gets cited/arrested on the "technicality" of having used force improperly.
I don't think the bill addresses the root causes of violence and the escalation of violence in this culture, nor does it address the root causes of violent crime. But then, I don't think it's meant to. |
04-07-2005, 09:20 AM | #5 | |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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We've had this in thread form in FOFCland since yesterday, and so far, no shootouts between Cam and Flasch.
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04-07-2005, 09:21 AM | #6 | |
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Nicola Calipari would disagree. |
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