It's really a potentially dangerous solution to a nonexistent problem because there is not a scenario of legitimate self-defense anywhere in the country that doesn't get treated by juries, prosecutors and police as 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.Peter Hamm
Wyoming is a state where we may not be the best messengers, because people misinterpret our message and our goals. It's interesting because this is not really a gun issue it's a violence issue.
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It's a particular risk faced by travelers coming to Florida for a vacation because they have no idea it's going to be the law of the land. If they get into a road rage argument, the other person may feel he has the right to use deadly force.
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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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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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