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Old 04-07-2005, 01:02 AM
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Default Good, common sense, anti-crime issue!

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday he intends to sign a bill that would allow people who feel threatened -- even on the street or at a baseball game -- to "meet force with force" and defend themselves without fear of prosecution.

The measure, the top priority of the National Rifle Association in Florida this year, passed the House 94-20 on Tuesday. It had already passed the Senate.
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The bill says a person 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."
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/05....ap/index.html


Wow. I guess you can kill anyone now - just say that you felt threatened or whatever and was simply doing what you had to do.
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