Florida state legislators are a step closer to expanding their Stand Your Ground law to include the ability to legally fire a warning shot. The expansion being considered “would grant the same protections already in place under Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law to people who only threaten to use force.”
According to Fox News, a state Senate committee “voted in favor of the bill (SB 488) on [January 8] and a house committee has… voted in favor of similar legislation (HB 89),” as well.
If the expansion takes place, law-abiding citizens who fire a warning shot “would be immune from Florida’s ’10-20-Life’ law, which requires anyone who shows a gun while committing certain felonies…be sentenced to 10 years in prison.” If someone is wounded, the “10-20-Life” law requires a sentence of 25 years to life.
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Now you know why their population/tax base is increasing at the rate it is. Their legislature value the voters voice.
ReplyDeleteI fire my warning shot at center- mass, or the so called Kill-zone.
ReplyDeleteAmmo is too sparse and expensive for warning shots.
ReplyDeleteTrayvon was a thug.
ReplyDeleteThe only warning that will be provided is the sound of the safety being turned off prior to firing!
ReplyDelete9:09 AM
ReplyDelete...and Zimmerman IS a woman abusing murderer.
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ReplyDelete9:09 AM
...and Zimmerman IS a woman abusing murderer.
January 11, 2014 at 10:40 AM
....and you voted for Obama. You people just don't get it.