From the article:
Quote:Florida's legislature has approved a bill that would give residents the right to open fire against anyone they perceive as a threat in public, instead of having to try to avoid a conflict as under prevailing law.
As we know, or should know, what someone percieves can be very subjective.
Quote:Current state law allows residents to "shoot to kill if their property, such as their home or car, is invaded by an unknown assailant."
So the current law already allows for protection of property.
Quote:But it also states that if a resident is confronted or threatened in a public place, he or she must first try to avoid the confrontation or flee before taking any violent step in self defense against an assailant.
Current law also apparently already covers allowing one to shoot to kill in self defense, so your argument, Brandon, is not relevent.
The only reason for the new law that I can see is to allow people to judge (percieve) for themselves whether or not they feel threatened and then shoot (provide their own justice) based on that perception without worrying about being punished.
