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Originally Posted by Uncle Billy
Given what the author and other Florida legislators have said it seems that the law was passed without a careful reading of what it says, leaving Mr. Zimmerman legal protection for what so far seems to have been an overreach of the intent, if not the wording, of the "Stand Your Ground" legislation.
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Where does the Florida law make it legal to stalk someone, assault the person
after the 9-1-1 dispatcher tells you to break off, and then claim sel defense when the teenager YOU ATTACKED starts whuppin' your butt?
I don't think the law says that. Here's the "stand your ground" paragraph:
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776.013 Home protection; use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.—
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(3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
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Originally Posted by Buzzcook
my main question is, what standard does this law use?
Basically there's the "would a reasonable person fear for their life" and "the person using deadly force honestly feared for their life"
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Do not apply, because Zimmerman initiated the conflict.
"No duty to retreat" does not equal "Has a right to attack."