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It’s now a felony in Florida to steal porch packages worth over $40.
X (Twitter) ^ | 04/10/24

Posted on 04/10/2024 9:21:25 PM PDT by Kevin in California

Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation hiking criminal penalties for retail thieves and "porch pirates"

"We're not gonna put up with that [...] Your package is gonna be there, and if it's not, someone is gonna have hell to pay."

"We will raise penalties [...] They are going to be deterred."

"We are gonna hold people accountable."


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; dailybillsignings; desantis; florida; porchpiracy; porchpirates; theft
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To: Kevin in California

RE: It’s now a felony in Florida to steal porch packages worth over $40.

It should be a felony to STEAL period. Why put a price tag on anything ( and how would a thief know how much a package is worth )?


81 posted on 04/11/2024 7:00:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Amazon and UPS, at times, have contractors delivering in their personal vehicles as well.
How long would it be until someone kills the delivery guy?


82 posted on 04/11/2024 8:15:26 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Kevin in California

Good start.

Now pass a law permitting deadly force against someone on your property committing a felony.


83 posted on 04/11/2024 8:15:48 AM PDT by Jotmo (Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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To: Kevin in California

That means you can legally shoot porch bandits in Floriduh!!


84 posted on 04/11/2024 8:45:50 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Kevin in California

Why $40? The thief doesn’t know how much the package is worth at the time, so the crime is the same. I also have a problem with the “attempted murder” charge...I mean, just because the suspect was unsuccessful they get a lesser charge?? The intention of murder was the same.


85 posted on 04/11/2024 9:03:59 AM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: EEGator

I don’t know how you could mistake someone dropping a package off for someone stealing one. But I suppose you have a point. I was a little tongue in cheek, I confess.


86 posted on 04/11/2024 9:18:20 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Second guy/company that day….wrong house…

I think stiff penalties will make a difference.

I assumed it was mostly tongue in cheek.
People are becoming, rightfully, real angry at society.
I think it’s the desire of the government.
Anarcho-tyranny.


87 posted on 04/11/2024 9:27:20 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dinodino

You don’t see this in Japan because they have higher social cohesiveness so very few crimes of any kind are committed. People who do commit crimes are aggressively prosecuted (and Japanese trials are not exactly fair for defendants) but I think that’s secondary to the fact that Japan’s society is overall extremely cohesive.


88 posted on 04/11/2024 10:10:32 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Kevin in California

What I would like to know is why is $40.00 dollars the threshold? Why isn’t $0 dollars the threshold? It’s all theft.


89 posted on 04/11/2024 10:30:16 AM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: Kevin in California

Great idea, but Florida will need to recruit a lot more police officers to cover the new cases this creates.


90 posted on 04/11/2024 11:50:40 AM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Just a Texas Playboy at heart)
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To: Nervous Tick

Agreed. I definitely followed him very closely, especially when Covid first hit. He’s done almost all of the right things. Sure, we have some differences in opinion on certain issues, but from an outsiders perspective who lives in a communist blue state he has done amazing.

What should’ve been a routine trip in December 2020 to visit family in Florida was one of the most amazing vacations in recent memory. For the most part, outside the airport and a larger big box stores, almost everything was normal. The restaurants, smaller, mom and pop stores, etc. For the most part were acting like Covid didn’t even exist.


91 posted on 04/11/2024 12:06:24 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: Kevin in California

Bad here in Southern California!!....


92 posted on 04/11/2024 12:06:58 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: ealgeone

Be sure to order at least $40. worth when ordering. Let’s get RID of these crooks!!!


93 posted on 04/11/2024 12:08:04 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Kevin in California

94 posted on 04/11/2024 12:14:43 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Eleutheria5

good point


95 posted on 04/11/2024 2:02:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: EEGator

What’s to keep a crook from hoping into the truck and driving away while the delivery guy on your sidewalk?


96 posted on 04/11/2024 2:03:47 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Nothing really. Guys usually leave the vehicle running, or at least have the keys in the ignition.
Our society is becoming a low trust society.


97 posted on 04/11/2024 2:06:51 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Albion Wilde

So; instead of a Glitter bomb, it’s a SHITTER bomb!

Cool!


98 posted on 04/11/2024 2:07:40 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Albion Wilde

Scale this down for mass consumption —>
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61685117

It don’t have to fly, just be built into the camera.


99 posted on 04/11/2024 2:09:19 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Albion Wilde

Does it work? Do they take it:-?


100 posted on 04/11/2024 2:14:12 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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