I can't understand why anybody would be opposed to telling visitors what the law is. No state in America has ever passed a law like this one.
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It's a violence issue, it's not a firearms issue. It's a potentially dangerous solution to a non-existent problem.Peter Hamm
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There is no other state in the nation -- and no other civilized nation on Earth -- that has a law like this. It could cause the most aggressive people in society to overreact.
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The biggest myth in Florida is that this is about protecting people who use legitimate self-defense. This law ... sends a message to people who are potentially unstable and have an itchy trigger finger that as long as they can make a reasonable case they were in fear, they can use deadly force against somebody.
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Unfortunately, the law has had precisely the effect we thought it would. A handful of overly aggressive individuals are using it as a defense for actions that appear to go beyond the pale of self-defense.
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You don't just broadly paint a new statewide law saying, if you're in doubt, go ahead and shoot and kill the other person. It's anathema to peace and calm in our communities.
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