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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Tue Mar 20, 2012, 04:05 AM Mar 2012

'Stand Your Ground Laws' in Florida ARE NOT limited to just actions at a residence.

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(3)?A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
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http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0776/Sections/0776.013.html

This specifically opens up the breadth of the law considerably. You don't have to be in your home for it to apply.
Some have insisted that it only relates to a residence. That is basically castle law.
All states have different interpretations. 'Castle law', 'duty to retreat', and 'stand your ground' are all defined by each state.

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'Stand Your Ground Laws' in Florida ARE NOT limited to just actions at a residence. (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 OP

sounds like florida residents can defend themselves against the police. great news! nt msongs Mar 2012 #1

nope DrDan Mar 2012 #2

Nah, we're supposed to shoot each other up.... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #3

So if Martin had been armed he would have been justified in doc03 Mar 2012 #4

msongs

(67,443 posts)

1. sounds like florida residents can defend themselves against the police. great news! nt

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 04:43 AM

Mar 2012

DrDan

(20,411 posts)

2. nope

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:30 AM

Mar 2012

This is in the Florida justifiable use statute:

"A person is not justified in the use of force to resist an arrest by a law enforcement officer, or to resist a law enforcement officer who is engaged in the execution of a legal duty, if the law enforcement officer was acting in good faith and he or she is known, or reasonably appears, to be a law enforcement officer."

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0776/Sections/0776.051.html

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)

3. Nah, we're supposed to shoot each other up....

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:34 AM

Mar 2012

That way, all God's Children will want guns.

Thanks NRA

doc03

(35,378 posts)

4. So if Martin had been armed he would have been justified in

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 09:12 AM

Mar 2012

killng Zimmerman since he was pursued and confronted by the 250 pound thug. If the tables were turned the
we all know the Martin kid would at best been beaten halfway to death by the police if not killed.

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