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Instead of expanding the pro-death Stand Your Ground law, they should return to the traditional duty to retreat principle before using deadly force. And anyone claiming self-defense should face a jury. Let them decide if it was justified instead of the police or a prosecutor.

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And the invulnerable ubermensch that's laughed in the face of your bullets has to duck the thrown gun.

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Those "warning shot" bullets have to come down somewhere, does anybody ever think about THAT?

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A tragic, but completely unforeseeable, accident.

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There are some nice beaches in Florida—St George Island near Apalachicola in particular—and maybe some other stuff worth visiting. When they come to their senses, I might consider going back.

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It's methadone for public exhibitionists.

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OJ had to move to a gated community.

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If "threatened use of force" is the test, every vehicle on I-95 in Miami will have a 50 caliber mounted front and back.

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Don’t forget the “throw the empty gun” addendum. After you use up all your bullets you’re supposed to throw your gun at the monster/alien/exwife/brown person/superman/robot and run.

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Stand Your Ground is the <a href="http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/legal\/twinkie.asp" target="_blank">Twinkie</a>* defense of our era. ______________________________ * That's not what I meant and you know it!

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"Coming to their senses" will happen about the same time Florida is submerged by the melting polar ice caps. So, twenty years, maybe.

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C'mon people, let's not go off half-cocked.

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NRA is not being a good sport. I'd expect at least a Stand-your-Reacharound while they're having their way with America's poop chute.

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So what happens when someone gets in the way of a warning shot like some poor schmuck is sitting on the crapper and his downstairs neighbor starts firing warning shots into his ceiling?

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<thing on the gun that makes the gun go off if'n you squeeze it> warning!

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