Still waiting on further news as this happened in our metropolitan area. The single piece of added info was from law enforcement; “Investigators believe the family was targeted and the home invasion was not random.” This might explain why the two invaders were hooded but beyond that who knows. Regardless of any other facts, battery on an 11yo is quite sufficient for this outcome. And, YES, Florida is a ‘Castle Doctrine’ state.
Castle Doctrine declares that people have a right to be secure in their homes and should not be placed into criminal liability due to action(s) in simple defense of the same.
This judge is ruling from his own made-up constitution. The Right to Keep And Bear Arms Shall Not Be infringed. What sort of arms could possibly fall outside of the protections of that? "Except" is not in there.