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Originally Posted by florida0214
What people fail to see is that there is now some guy running around south florida robbing gas stations and if he shoots at you. what would you do? Give him a hug and ask him about his parents? Sometimes it becomes necessary to defend yourself. I don't want to die any more than the next guy. somebody shoots at me and I happen to be legally carrying a weapon I am going to defend myself. Self preservation should come natural. and yes I do live in South Florida and I have yet to hear a gun shot.
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But this was already the case before this law. In every state in the union, if someone starts shooting at you, you are within your rights to return fire. You may not be allowed to shoot him in the back if he's running away (unless he's still shooting back over his shoulder), but that's a gray area. You are allowed to use your weapon to counter a threat of harm either to you or another person, even if the perp doesn't have one. This is all before the new law, and in all 50 states.