There are several bills in the Florida legislature with the following or very similar language:
An act relating to the use of deadly force in defense of a person; repealing s. 776.013, F.S., relating to home protection and the use of deadly force, which created a presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm in certain circumstances and provided that a person has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force in certain circumstances; amending ss. 776.012, 776.032, and 790.15, F.S.; conforming provisions; defining the term “dwelling”; providing an effective date.Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:Section 1.There are several bills on the Florida Legislature working for the following:
Section 776.013, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
This headline is possibly the most scary thing in Tallahassee right now. 776.013 covers nothing more than Home protection; use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm, Florida Statutes and leave us with a generic 776.012
So what really happens by repealing 776.013? Castle Doctrine is erased from the books. You no longer have the assumption that your home is your castle unless a district attorney says so. It also eliminates the Extension of the Castle Doctrine to anywhere you have the right to be and Stand Your Ground is emasculated and void even though it appears mentioned in 776.012. You can be the victim of a carjacking, defend yourself and the D.A. can come along later and indicate say it was not a clear case of self-defense so you are to be charged with the murder of the poor wealth-re distributor.
This is not trying to go back to the laws prior to 2005 but a straight jump back of at least 30 years or more. This is an open invitation to Prosecutorial Misconduct by any D.A. eager to flex his legal muscle just because or for an upcoming election.
If you still don’t get it, let me paint you a picture. Let’s say 776.013 is indeed erased from the books and some weirdo breaks into your house at zero dark thirty. Then he proceeds to attack your kids in their room but you manage to retrieve your gun, shoot him and kill him. Now imagine that the final say on your case is to be decided by State Prosecutor Angela Corey or somebody like her.
That prospect is too scary to even think about it.
And it gets worse…. but this will do for now.
How about listing the actual bill that are attempting to do this. I just looked at both the house an senate bill introduced, and could not find it.
you have SB 116 and HB 4003 to begin with. There are more that are duplicates or even including more anti self defense stuff. We do have one good bill to support.
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In Florida NOW a DA in the 15th district has stated that a FL CCW permit will not deter you from ‘stop and frisk’ and being arrested for carry concealed even WITH a Fl permit….Giving ANY power to these weasel attorneys is financial suicide.. even legal carry now will be a crime that you have to go to court and prove you have a CCW and such….It will stop soon..for if these scumbags want to make a criminal out of law abiding citizens…so be it ..many will be very good at that trade…….semper Fi
That Florida State Attorney in the 15th district covers only Palm Beach County a Democratic stronghold. No real patriots are affected.
Can’t think of a better reason to be a member of Unified Sportsmen of Florida and FloridaCarry.org.
USF will get this buried… but… will it be with your help, good citizen/gun owner/2nd amendment supporter, or will others be carrying the weight of defending your rights on our shoulders?