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To go back to what Analog said, this case doesn't appear to have relevance to the new law, as the 'duty to retreat' did not factor in the judgement.
If the new law was truly necessary to protect the rights of Floridians to life and liberty, then this need would be demonstrated through either one or both of the following:
1) Significant numbers of citizens being convicted of manslaughter in cases where they were rightly defending themselves or others.
2) Significant cases of citizens being harmed by assailants while attempting to flee the attack instead of responding with force, in order to perform within the law.
Unless these can be demonstrated, the need for the new law remains purely hypothetical, and thus we should be extremely wary of enacting such a law without fully contemplating potential negatives.
Josh
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