Politicians are like Two year Olds: You leave them unattended and they shave the cat, eat the dirt out of the potted palms and poop all over the living room.

The last scheme coming out of two idiots in Tallahassee (Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs and Sen. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale) is to punish anybody defending themselves by removing a big chunk of the immunity from the law we have right now.

It also clarifies that anyone who uses force against an attacker can still be responsible if they injure or kill an uninvolved bystander.

via Florida senators approve tweaks to ‘stand your ground’ law | News – Home.

Senate Bill 130 bring us this delightful gift to Tort Lawyers and Gun Control advocates. The last thing anybody trying to defend him/herself is to wonder if saving themselves might come with the price tag of being penniless for the rest of their lives. You can be sued for even defending yourself IN YOUR HOME! And it does not need to be deadly force or even using a firearm. Go read statutes 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031.

Nobody wants to see an innocent get hurt by something we do. But an incident in which we must defend ourselves is something fluid and impossible to predict in its outcome. If I am not the initiator and I am not the predator, why should I have to be the one paying for the actions leading to the injury of a third-party? Shouldn’t the attacker be the one footing for the bill? Or is it because Law Abiding citizens have insurance and decent property the reason some jackasses want to extract money from us? ‘Cause lets face it, you average meth-head or career criminal is not flush with cash and whatever he may have, it is probably a byproduct or direct product of the crime and thus will be collected by authorities as stolen merchandise or seizure laws.

This bill needs to be killed ASAP.

This is the law as it stands now:
A person who uses force as permitted in s. 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force

And this is the new version being proposed by Simmons & Smith:
A person who uses force as permitted in s. 776.012, s.776.013, or s. 776.031 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action by the person, personal representative, or heirs of the person, against whom
force was used for the use of such force

Now is the time to start beating the drums loudly. Join Florida Carry if you have not or send them a donation.Contact your Florida Senators by searching here. And also contact your Florida representative to make sure that if that stupid bill reaches the House, it gets shredded, bleached, set on fire and the ashes dispersed in the front garden. Find your Rep here.

Time to spank the two-year olds….