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Originally Posted by raveneye
It would be very easy for Florida to make a law similar to that of Oregon, which differentiates between aggressors and non-aggressors and specifically requires aggressors to retreat or withdraw, without success, before escalating the force used.
But the Florida bill does not (as far as I can see). So, again, this legislation theoretically seems to allow any argument to gradually escalate to any degree of force, as the combatants respond to each other, and have no obligation to retreat.
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Oregon law does not require to retreat, that was the entire point of my post. If you assault somebody, you go to jail, if you defend yourself from such an attack, you may still be detained, but if it was legitimately self defense, then you will be released. Again, you are NOT required to attempt to flee, talk your way out of the situation or do the hokey pokey. I agree that you should avoid the conflict, but sometimes you are forced to either defend yourself or become a victim, the new Florida law allows for that reality.