A Rare Victory for Individual Rights

On Saturday the people of Florida will have a very basic right restored to them that had been taken away by the courts of the state. I only hope other states will follow this example and stop taking away rights of individuals.

At issue is the "force with force" law. Previous to this law going into effect, if you were attacked or threatened by a criminal, you were required, by law, to retreat, and you were not allowed to defend yourself. If you defended yourself against a violent attack, you could be arrested for attacking, too.

Fortunately, that all is about to change. The new law will actually allow citizens to use force to defend themselves when they are attacked. It is an excellent law, and should be simple common sense -- but the courts in Florida removed all common sense and made criminals out of victims and victims out of criminals.

The wack-jobs that oppose freedom, as might be expected, are yelling and screaming, and trying to discourage people from traveling to Florida. To show their ignorance, people like Representative Eleanor Sobel (Democrat Loon from Hollywood, FL) said:

We're the wild, wild West and I think criminals will abuse it

For those who remember the "discussions" regarding concealed carry laws a number of years ago, you might recognize the statement. It's the same one that was made when people were actually allowed to carry their own weapons. And that statement was total crap then, as has been proved by the fact that the state isn't engaging in shootouts yet.

In addition, it shows the incredibly warped liberal mindset. Did you catch that part? "Criminals will abuse it." So if you're a criminal, which is someone who breaks the law, then you will use force to defend yourself when attacked, and that's abusing the law. Am I the only person left on the planet that actually knows that a "criminal" is someone who ALREADY breaks the law?

Nice job, Florida.

Posted by: Ogre at 11:01 AM

Comments

1 I am so with you!!!

Posted by: Angie at September 30, 2005 12:31 PM (pjdag)

2 I posted on this earlier today and just updated with a link to you here - can't get trackback to work, tho'. And the blogroll hasn't updated all day, so thought I'd add a comment here!

Posted by: leftbrainfemale at September 30, 2005 03:24 PM (M7kiy)

3 Yipeee! Florida did something right... good thing we didn't have any chards.

Posted by: vw bug at September 30, 2005 06:44 PM (J3xJ9)

4 They've done big articles on that here... I read all the pros and cons and the cons made me shake my head. This whole 'return to the wild wild west' attitude just renders me speechless. Idiots. Really.

I'm very excited about this new law... you come in my home to harm me or my family... you die. Period. It is my right to protect myself and my family and we will do so.

Everyone *I* personally know is happy about this law. I think they had to dredge up these naysayers. I don't personally know any and I don't run in strictly conservative circles.

Posted by: Bou at September 30, 2005 11:17 PM (5JHEt)

5 Every step forward is a surprise.

Thanks for the post.

Allan

Posted by: Allan at October 01, 2005 12:40 AM (C/dUM)

6 There has got to be some law of Conservation of Socialist idiocy. Check out this post on the wilful rejection of the will of the public in the EU: http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/index.php/blog/individual/dutch_didnt_reject_constitution/

Posted by: Tom at October 01, 2005 01:53 AM (5NkvP)

7 I may have to move to Florida.

Posted by: David Earney at October 01, 2005 10:16 AM (1douf)

8 Some 34 new laws went into effect today in Florida, but this one is the most important by far, IMO.

I think Texas has had this sort of thing in place for quite some time...

Posted by: pam at October 01, 2005 09:45 PM (l6NIn)

9 Every now and then someone gets one right, and I like to point it out.

Here in North Carolina, the opposite is true -- you must run. If you shoot someone in your doorway, you're likely to be charged with murder -- even if they were breaking in your house with intent to kill you.

Posted by: Ogre at October 02, 2005 07:37 PM (iJFc9)

10 I just saw the funniest poster about this, too.
http://cube47.blogspot.com/2005/09/anti-gun-propaganda.html#comments

beware! Beware! BEWARE! of going to florida, where people now will shoot at you just for looking at 'em funny...

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Posted by: birdwoman at October 03, 2005 11:53 AM (vR7Sl)

11 Oh yes, that's part of the anti-gun propaganda team at work!

Posted by: Ogre at October 03, 2005 11:59 AM (/k+l4)

12 I thought that stuff only existed in liberal socialist contries in Europe. Can't believe that happened in Florida.

Posted by: Shotgun Shells Conasure at November 08, 2005 03:25 PM (sxO+3)

13 Shotgun, I hate to break you the news, but the United States is pretty much a liberal socialist country today.

Posted by: Ogre at November 09, 2005 04:49 AM (7PCNv)

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