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NYT Lambastes Florida GOP for Shielding Citizens’ Right to Armed Self-Defense

by AWR Hawkins Florida Republicans’ efforts to further shield citizens who use lethal force in self-defense is sending The New York Times into apoplexy. Florida already has a Stand Your Ground law, which removes any requirement that a citizen attempt to flee a life or death attack before using lethal force to stop the aggression. To use the law in court, “defendants must prove at a pretrial hearing that they ‘reasonably believed’ that they were threatened with grave bodily harm.” State GOP lawmakers want to take the law one step further, shielding the right to armed self-defense by putting the onus… View Article