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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Florida's stand your ground law allows people who feel threatened by death or serious injury to respond with deadly force...

It isn't "stand your ground" when a thug is bashing your head into the ground; it is ordinary self-defense.

However, it is a hate crime to defend yourself against an attack by one of Eric Holder's people.

3 posted on 05/17/2012 1:01:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It isn't "stand your ground" when a thug is bashing your head into the ground; it is ordinary self-defense.

I believe it's one of those cases where you have two equally viable defenses. Self-defense is more powerful because it's a common law defense and not dependent on the Florida legislature or on a court's interpretation of an issue of first impression under the statute.

The common law is well-established and draws on nationally accepted legal standards to fill in the blanks in Florida law.

46 posted on 05/17/2012 3:02:22 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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