Same lies
They were wrong when they said that Florida enacting CCW in the late 1980s would lead to blood in the street. They were wrong when they said that the assault weapons ban would lead to blood in the street. Now, they are wrong stating the Florida’s law that gets rid of duty to retreat will lead to blood in the streets:
People have a right to defend themselves. But under this law, unless gun owners – there are many in Florida, where carrying a concealed weapon is legal – exercise clear judgment and remarkable restraint, innocent bystanders could become victims. So could people whom an armed citizen wrongly assumes to be a threat. And in the latter case, who will be held liable for the possibly fatal consequences of a faulty judgment?
Now that Florida has given citizens the right to use lethal force in public, the National Rifle Association, not surprisingly, says it will carry this battle to every state. If it succeeds, sooner or later those who argue that an armed society is a safer society are likely to have their dubious theory put to the test.
Actually, this law brings Florida in lines with most other states.
April 29th, 2005 at 8:57 am
Don’t quote me on this, but I think there’s only about 8 states that impose the “duty to retreat.”
April 29th, 2005 at 9:28 am
NC is one of them.
April 29th, 2005 at 9:30 am
Let me amend that: NC law says that CCW holders have a duty to retreat. I don’t know about the general case.
April 29th, 2005 at 10:01 am
I’m surprised the number is that low. The duty to retreat (except, of course, in your castle) is one of those funky common law rules that happens by default. If only 8 states still have it, that suggests that approximately 42 Legislatures went out of their way to abolish it. Good for them.