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In reply to the discussion: Under FLA's Stand Your Ground Law, An African American Man Can Shoot Zimmerman [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)23. The Florida law does NOT state that ...
read it for yourself.
The 2011 Florida Statutes
JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE
776.013?Home protection; use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.
1)?A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another if:
***snip***
(3)?A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and 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 or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0776/Sections/0776.013.html
If you are interested you might also check out the Sate of Florida's web page on concealed carry titled 'Use of Deadly Force for Lawful Self-Defense'
http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/weapons/self_defense.html
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Under FLA's Stand Your Ground Law, An African American Man Can Shoot Zimmerman [View all]
Yavin4
Mar 2012
OP
If it were any other state, I could see concerned legislators gathering to
ChairmanAgnostic
Mar 2012
#2
It tripled "justifiable homicides". I believe that officially qualifies as "blood in the streets".
ieoeja
Mar 2012
#63
If this asshat gets away with murder, it's going to set race relations back 50 years.
BlueJazz
Mar 2012
#7
On Amy's show today, I heard that nearly half the states have similar laws. n/t
EFerrari
Mar 2012
#9
You are intentionally ignoring the requirement of reasonableness that is explicitly in the law
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#28
George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin should have been given toxicology tests
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#49
The family's attorney stated that toxicology tests were run on Trayvon's body. They were negative.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#57
The ONLY reason this case was finally handed to a grand jury is due to public outcry.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#56
The police chief was quoted as saying that the DA saw no evidence to press charges.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#59
A lot of people are going to be very disappointed if Zimmerman isn't charged with a crime
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#62
What you have articulated sounds exactly the same as jury instructions I've gotten in the USA
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#48
You didn't read the statute? Says that only "scary" people can be shot by "scared" property-holders
leveymg
Mar 2012
#17
Zimmerman should never have stepped his racist ass out of his vehicle as DIRECTED by 911.
CakeGrrl
Mar 2012
#22
Me either. Especially when you listen to the two women (it's playing on CNN)
ScreamingMeemie
Mar 2012
#54
No, and I feel it is counterproductive for you to post such hysterical hyperbole on this forum
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#27