Please e-mail this local station regarding this headine!

[Sportcat]

http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4355352/detail.html

Look at this mis-leading crap!

Florida NRA Bill Would Allow People To Kill Others In Public
People Who Feel Threatened Could Use Deadly Force

POSTED: 8:20 am EDT April 7, 2005

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said he intends to sign a bill that would allow people who feel threatened in public to meet force with force to defend themselves.

Opponents said the law would turn Florida into the Wild West and would legalize shootouts on the street like at the OK Corral.

The House approved the bill Tuesday. The Senate had already passed it.

The bill essentially extends a right Floridians already have in their home or car, saying that there's no need to retreat before fighting back. But in public spaces, deadly force can only be used after trying to back off.

The bill's sponsor, U.S. Rep. Dennis Baxley of Ocala, said the law will prevent someone from getting raped, some child from being abducted, some murder from happening.

Under the new law, deadly force could be used in supermarkets, at baseball games, bars and any other place people have a right to be.

 

[erik the bold]

While it may do some good to e-mail the carolina channel, the story originated from the Associated Press. It may be better to contact their editorial director.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Florida NRA Bill Would Allow People To Kill Others In Public

Scandalous! Shouldn't people be required to do that sort of thing in private?

 

[SMMAssociates]

Tell me if I'm wrong...

But I thought that the FL law just removed the "duty to retreat" from inside the home?

We have that little problem in OH right now - the "duty to retreat" is sufficient that being too far away to read the BG's underwear waistband may be too far to legally shoot, outdoors, and, indoors, if you're back's not up against the inside wall of the bathroom, the BG gets the rest of the house, and forget about protecting your property.

Self-defense? We don't need no steenkin self-defense....

 

[Keaner]

But I thought that the FL law just removed the "duty to retreat" from inside the home?

tsk, tsk, tsk... Dont let the facts get in the way of a story!!