IF YOU COME TO FLORIDA.... Do not argue unnecessarily with local people (STAND YOUR GROUND LAW or SHOOT FIRST LAW went into effect October 1, 2005) ThinkingBluePS: Read a compassionate conservative's view on this law (at bottom)SIGN PETITION TO HELP STOP THIS LAW! Tell
Governor Bush he made a mistake. The people of Florida
deserve better than to be gunned down by the
short-tempered and trigger-happy. They deserve better
than to have the law put into the hands of private
citizens. On October 1, 2005, Florida becomes a more dangerous place. That's when the Shoot First Law goes into effect, giving the people of Florida the right to use deadly force as a first resort when they feel threatened, even in a public place. But the Shoot First doctrine isn't just staying in Florida it's about to become a national disgrace. In a country where thousands die needlessly every year in gun accidents and violent confrontations, this law is an enormous step backwards in civic responsibility and public safety. What's more, it envisions a society in which fear and distrust are the rule, and reason and responsibility are an endangered species. If you live in Florida, or plan on visiting Florida, get the facts on the Shoot First Law. Know when you're safe, and how to avoid misunderstandings. Learn about when the people of Florida can shoot to kill... and when they think they can. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gun
control group targets Florida's tourist industry The leaflets begin with the words "An Important Notice to Florida Visitors" in bold red type by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. "Do not argue unnecessarily with local people," it says. "If someone appears to be angry with you, maintain to the best of your ability a positive attitude, and do not shout or make threatening gestures." Florida's
"stand your ground" law, which took effect
Saturday, means that people no longer must attempt to
retreat or defuse a threatening situation before using
violence in order to later claim they were acting in
self-defense. People already had that right in their
homes, but the law now allows them to meet "force
with force" in any place they have a legal right to
be. Proponents
of the measure, pushed by the National Rifle Association,
say it will make Florida a safer place, not more
dangerous. Gov. Jeb Bush has repeatedly pointed to a
34-year low in state crime statistics to demonstrate that
Florida is not a haven for violence. The Florida tourism industry, however, is taking the campaign seriously, with Visit Florida the state's official tourism marketing arm issuing a statement calling Florida "a very safe and secure destination that excels in caring for its visitors." "We
believe that Americans and international visitors are
smart enough to understand that the Brady Campaign is one
group's political agenda and not a real safety
issue," the statement said. The Brady Campaign leaflets, which the group intends to hand out for about a month at the Miami and Orlando airports, call the measure the "Shoot First" law and urge people to "take sensible precautions" while visiting the state. "There is no other state in the nation and no other civilized nation on Earth that has a law like this," said Brady Campaign spokesman Peter Hamm. "It could cause the most aggressive people in society to overreact." The group also has taken out ads in major Detroit, Chicago, Boston and London newspapers about the new Florida law. Several people who got the leaflets at the Miami airport on Monday appeared taken aback by the new law. "It's
a little scary," said Melissa Vosberg, on her way
home to the Chicago area after a cruise in the Bahamas.
"It's 'shoot first, ask about it later.'" The
Shoot First Law is
an invitation to reckless use of guns in the streets of
our cities and towns. Without the law, people carrying
firearms in public places could use those guns against
perceived threats only as a last resort. The new law
eliminates a citizen's duty to avoid the threat, and
allows the use of deadly force before other options.
Below is some legal context to the new Shoot First
statute. It is not a comprehensive analysis of all laws
on this subject, or all the situations that may arise
under the law. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A COMPANIONATE CONSERVATIVE'S VIEWPOINT ON THIS... WHAT ELSE IS NEW...typical warmongering gung-ho response from a nutty trigger-happy smuglican? ThinkingBlue Hey Florida scum . . . its time for you to run!By Doug Giles Oct 1, 2005 Talk show host and columnist .
. . if you do that which is evil, be afraid. As of this Saturday, October 1, 2005, the law abiding citizens of Florida have been given back the already God-given, Constitution-given and no-duh-right to defend themselves, and if need be, use deadly force in so doing. Thats right . . . if you decide to rape, rob, car jack or accost a Floridian, you might want to think twice about that brain fart, as that may be the last thing you do before your soul wings its way to Hades. If youre the little weed contemplating these things, you should reflect a bit longer on the wisdom of this course of violent action, because we the people can now wale on you and be protected from criminal prosecution and/or an inane civil suit. Heres what Floridians are now afforded via The Castle Doctrine. This beautiful new law basically gives the average Joe who gets criminally assaulted while minding his own beeswax three essentials things: 1. It establishes, by law, the presumption that if a moron has the moxie to forcibly enter my home or vehicle that he is probably not there to borrow sugar, rather to cause death or bodily harm. Therefore, I can either impale said dipstick, on a sword, or dust him with 00 Buck, or unload my Sig in his surprised face, or double tap his center mass with my .450/400-3 ¼ Nitro Express double rifle I bought to hunt Africas most deadliest game. Yes, beginning this Saturday, good Floridian men can put down bad foolish men who violate the sanctity of our Castles. 2. It removes my duty to turn the other cheek and runaway when Im being attacked. Look, if bloggers, columnists and radio show hosts want to have fun at my expense, I have no other recourse but to absorb their personal insults, laugh it off and not go postal, i.e., to turn the other cheek. However, if my family, or I or others in my vicinity are being physically assaulted in a place in which we have a perfect right to be, then I can stand my ground and drop the assailant to the pavement if I have reason to believe he intends to do us bodily harm. Matthew 5:39 does not apply to rapists, burglars, attempted murderers, gangbangers, terrorists or similar stooges. 3. In addition, after the deceased violent aggressors spirit is tooling its way to Dantes slow roast BBQ and Im comforting my family and friends as I wipe gun powder residue off my hands, thanks to The Castle Doctrine, I can rest assured that I am protected from a therapeutic culture and the soulless lawyers it has spawned. Imagine that . . . a law on the side of a law abiding person. Its crazy! You know, its not a cheerful thought, but think of the reverb thatll shoot through criminal communities in the Sunshine State when one of their ilk gets killed by a good citizen for trying to be tough guy. What do you think the still living idiot friends of the deceased punk are going to think when they learn that their 19-year old Darwinian-holdover buddy got Glocked by a young woman who refused to be raped by him? Think of the empowerment that this theoretical babe will give to other chicas minding their own business, as she leads the pack by not taking any crud from criminalsCastle Doctrine style! Imagine the laughter of the cackling fools ceasing when instead of bringing home video footage of their friends beating and kicking an old man in the parking lot of a Target for fun, they have on their memory stick a 35 second blip of a retiree laying one of their multi-tattooed lads to rest with a Smith & Wesson 686. Oops! Now you little wannabe criminals didnt plan on that happening this evening, did you? In addition, wont it be a relief to see bloodless lawyers no longer having a psychobabble, legalese, this-is-why-my-client-robbed-raped-burgled-or-murdered leg to stand on? Wont it be liberating to not hear on the local news that the perpetrator was actually the victim, and the one who defended himself is evil? Arent you getting sick of hearing how the felon was not responsible for his crime because he had low blood sugar, abnormal peer pressure, societal oppression, or that he didnt get enough attention during his delicate years, was off his meds and was not aware of the ramifications of such criminal mischief because George W. Bush under funded his education? Isnt it freeing to now know that you can protect your person and property instead of helplessly running from bad people, bad judges and bad lawyers? Yes, thanks to Sen. Durrell Peaden and Rep. Dennis Baxley, the laws sponsors, and Gov. Jeb Bush, who signed the bill into law, The Castle Doctrine has now gone into effect, and I guarantee we will begin to see the sun set on those who would do harm in the Sunshine State. Only those who do evil need to be afraid. * Logon to ClashRadio.com and pick up a copy of Giles latest teaching DVD, Ruling in Babylon, filmed before a very live audience in Cape Town, South Africa. Also, check out Dougs interview with the father of Compassionate Conservatism, Marvin Olasky. Find this story at: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/douggiles/2005/10/01/158897.html UPDATE: March 22, 2012" Via
NPR.org: "Now that 911 recordings show how a white
Florida man continued to follow a 17-year-old black boy
even after police advised him not to and captured
the sound of the man killing the unarmed youth with a
shot to the chest Trayvon Martin's family wants
the FBI to take over the investigation into his
killing...".* Cenk Uygur, former prosecutor Steve
Oh, and Misty Kingma break down the shocking 911 audio
with shooter George Zimmerman on The Young Turks.
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