2005-04-06

Sensible Self-Defense

At least some states are getting it right. A new law passed in Florida allows an individual to use force whenever threatened with force, whether it be at home (currently allowed) or on the street. Currently, in most states, you are supposed to attempt retreat too, which is a very good way of getting shot or stabbed in the back. If someone pulls a knife or gun on you on the street, it is your RIGHT to shoot back, no matter what any liberal in CA or NY tells you. Maybe if we someday live in a peaceful world that would no longer be necessary, but try telling the guy on PCP who is running at you with a knife that you should try to outrun him too, god forbid you escalate the situation by pulling a gun on him. I think it would be more beneficial to society to put these people where they belong: on the ground, surrounded by chalk, eaten apart by hollowpoints.

I urge all my readers to contact their state and national representatives to push for legislation like this in all states, so we don't have to see loved ones die because they were afraid of breaking the law in self-defense.

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