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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
And some troublemakers use as an excuse. It's just the same trouble from the other end of the door.
Your ex-wife shows up asking for her late alimony check? Shoot her and tell everyone she was threatening you and you were standing your ground.
Some random guy you don't recognize comes onto your property hoping to find someone to help him find an address because he's hopelessly lost and the GPS isn't giving him Villages directions? Shoot him - and claim he was threatening you so you stood your ground.
It's an excuse to kill people, nothing more or less. The only interpretation involved is the REASON you took advantage of that excuse to kill someone. The end result is the same - someone is dead, and someone is holding the weapon that killed the corpse.
Do I think people shouldn't protect their property? Nope, absolutely not. I feel that people SHOULD have the right to protect their property.
But I call it what it is, not what sounds good in an NRA or anti-NRA video clip. It is "ending the life of another human being with a firearm."
Apply whatever justification you want to it, but the result is the same.
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If my ex-wife shows up looking for alimony she’s stark raving mad.
Stand Your Ground restates the obvious: each person has a right to defend his/her own life using lethal force with any means available. Unfortunately, not all states or jurisdictions honor, protect & defend that right, thus the need for FL to spell it out
Sure, it can be misused but there have also been cases where that has been attempted without success.
Those who are considering locations for misdeeds might choose an alternate location if they know the residents and property owners have the right to defend themselves & are not afraid to do it.