‘You're going to create a lot of innocent victims’ (Liberal Rant on Florida Self Defense Law )

Democracy Now ^ | April 6, 2005 | Amy Goodman

[Atlas Sneezed]

Who might be in your house besides the EMS, police officer, my nephew that has the key to my house?

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As long as these folks knock politely, and don't smash down doors or break windows to break in, they'll be quite safe.

[Navy Patriot]

Gee, this makes the ordinary citizen like cops, politicians, or judges: "if I feel threatened, I can pull the trigger".

Equality, what a novel idea!

[Clock King]

Hate speech, plain and simple. He called gun owners paranoid socio-paths.

[American Quilter]

>>So I guess if a gunman goes on a rampage this person would rather get blown away than see another citizen take the gunman out?<<

Oh, he doesn't think that will happen. He thinks he's immune. And when he finds out differently, he will (assuming he survives) become a Republican, of the subspecies Liberals Who Just Got Mugged.

[roaddog727]

The wild wild west makes for either polite people or dead people.

Very definitive and very binary.

Works for me.

This Should be a US wide policy.

[PAR35]

Who might be in your house besides ... my nephew ...

If his nephew is in my house in the middle of the night without an invitation, he may well be injured. Perhaps he ought to stick to honest labor.

[The Great Yazoo]

there isn't a jury in Florida that would convict

Once true, no doubt. Sadly, I don't think I would count on it any more.

[dhs12345]

Wonder if this guy is concerned for his burglar friends. Maybe he is concerned that, while robbing someone, they might have a gun and shoot him. Maybe that is his real motivation for saying this.

[Still Thinking]

Why would we take this idiot seriously when he can't even write in English?

[Lekker 1]

Ya gonna pull them pistols, or whistle Dixie?

[marylandrepub1]

Let me add another liberal ranton same subject:

'Florida Streets Now Open Range for Gunslingers' at

http://www.democrats.com/node/4162

[Navy Patriot]

The gun grabbing scumbag Hayhoe admits: ARTHUR HAYHOE: There is a concealed weapons law. I have a concealed weapons license. Now, let me tell you after this bill is signed by the governor, all the gun owners out there are going to hear, I don't have to retreat, and if I feel threatened, I can pull that trigger.

(Arthur Hayhoe, executive director of the Florida Coalition to Stop Gun Violence)

Apparently, only gun grabbers should be allowed to have guns.

[Riemann]

So, if this is a jihad, do I yell, "Allah Akbar" and shoot.

Do I get extra points if, instead of shooting, I blow myself up, along with the criminal?

Do I get bonus points if the intruder is a child?

God, liberals can't live with them, can't shoot 'em. (that would make a good song)

[Bald Eagle777]

The criminals are innocent. For example, the "misunderstood" MS-13 gang member who just B & E'd your house and wants to chop your arm off with a machete.

Nice touch, the machete. Quaint.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Maybe the thugs will move to NY as the innocent victims are not allowed to protect themselves.

[TChris]

The criminals are innocent. For example, the "misunderstood" MS-13 gang member who just B & E'd your house and wants to chop your arm off with a machete. Nice touch, the machete. Quaint.

Oh, certainly! Perhaps I can persuade the good lad to postpone the chopping until the arrival of the police officer who will always be right there to defend my life.

"Hope you don't mind the wait."

"No, no! Please, go on about your business. I'll just hang out on the sofa until he gets here."

"You're too kind."

"It's the least I could do."

[Old Grumpy]

Finally, something good is happening down here in Florida!

[TASMANIANRED]

Fools. Wasn't Florida one of the first concealed carry states?

There should be an abundance of public records reflecting the direction crime took with the first public carry laws.