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To: Mulder

It's a very good bill for knife owners, karate experts, and anyone else that wishes to defend their self.


4 posted on 01/24/2005 7:10:19 PM PST by meyer (Our greatest opponent is a candidate called Complacency.)
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To: meyer
It's a very good bill for knife owners, karate experts, and anyone else that wishes to defend their self

Yep. It accomplishes 3 main things:

1) Eliminates the "duty to retreat" clauses in Florida law, and specifically says there is no duty to retreat when you are in your vehicle, at a friend's house, or "in any place you have a Right to be".

2) Makes it where you cannot be arrested after using deadly force in self-defense (or defense of another), unless the cops have probable cause that you used excessive force.

3) If found "not guilty" in a criminal trial, either the prosecutor's office or the arresting police agency, must reimburse all your expenses, including lawyer costs, lost wages, etc....

6 posted on 01/24/2005 7:22:43 PM PST by Mulder (“The spirit of resistance is so valuable, that I wish it to be always kept alive" Thomas Jefferson)
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