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Re: Visitors Risk Being Shot in Florida

Mark Crispin (mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU)
Mon, 3 Oct 2005 21:34:10 -0700

The new Florida law does nothing more than say that if you are the
victim of an unprovoked attack, you do not have a duty to run away
from the attacker.

The key word is "unprovoked". You're not allowed to bait someone at a
bar into a rage, and then pull a gun as your trump card.

This brings Florida law back into line with the laws of most other
states. When the Brady bunch says "no other state has ever passed a
law like this one", what they really mean is that Florida is the first
state that had a New York City style "you're not allowed to defend
yourself" law and subsequently repealed it.

Then again, truth has never been a strong point for the anti-gunners.

-- Mark --

http://panda.com/mrc
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.

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