A new law in my home state of Florida will take effect tomorrow,
Oct. 1, and has received national attention, mostly of the
sniffy-snots-in-a-snit Liberal variety. In fact, the Brady
Foundation has released a PSA warning people about the new danger
to innocent visitors to Florida.
Wherefore the hysteria?
The law provides that if attacked in a life-threatening manner
(slashing knife, shooting gun, that sort of thing), one may
discharge a firearm in self-defense without being obliged to first
investigate the possibility of escape. In other words, a true
standard of self-defense: "If you are trying to kill me, I can try
to kill you first."
See how we dealt with this back in
April when the chair put the bill on the table rather than
tabling it... er, I mean when it was the subject of debate and
vote.
topics:
Law
About the Author
Jay D. Homnick, commentator and humorist, is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator. He also writes for Human Events. Here he performs his original composition, "Buy You (Bayou) a Drink".
