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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:50 PM Jul 2013

Breaking: new SYG initiative in Florida!

TALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—Opponents of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law are attempting to mobilize support for a new law called Don’t Shoot Me for Absolutely No Reason.

The proposed law, which faces major opposition in the Florida legislature, would make it illegal for people in the state to shoot each other for no reason whatsoever.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/

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Breaking: new SYG initiative in Florida! (Original Post) Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 OP
Great, hope it passes. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #1
! PotatoChip Jul 2013 #2
Florida Rep. Chris Smith (D-Ft.Ld.) HockeyMom Jul 2013 #3
What the hell will the police do for kicks? nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #4
If people have to give a reason for shooting somebody, only outlaws will have reasons BlueStreak Jul 2013 #5

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)
2. !
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 03:00 PM
Jul 2013
“Under the provisions of Don’t Shoot Me for Absolutely No Reason, you will be required to have an actual reason for shooting someone,” said a spokesman for the measure, Harland Dorrinson. “This will be a first in Florida.”

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“If you force someone to have a reason to shoot someone, soon you will be taking away his right to shoot that person altogether,” the N.R.A. said.



 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
3. Florida Rep. Chris Smith (D-Ft.Ld.)
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 03:06 PM
Jul 2013

introduced a bill last December amending SYG. It never got out of committee. He is now re-introducing that bill. Write to him. I signed a petition before in support of it, and will again.

Mr. Smith is definitely a leader in the fight against this.

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