FL residents: support Bill 249

[ClonaKilty]

I got an email from my State Rep. (Paige Kreegel, Dist. 72) about Bill 249, of which he is a co-signer. This is a great bill -- call/fax/write/email your State (not Fed) representative to support it. The text of it is:

Protection of Persons and Property: Provides that a person may use force, including deadly force, against an intruder or attacker in a dwelling, residence, or vehicle under specified circumstances; creates a presumption that a reasonable fear of death or bodily injury exists under certain circumstances; creates a presumption that a person acts with the intent to use force or violence under specified circumstances; provides that a person is justified in using deadly force; declares that a person is not under a duty to retreat if the person is in a place where he or she has a right to be; provides that a person is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for using deadly force; authorizes a law enforcement agency to investigate the use of deadly force but prohibits the agency from arresting the person unless the agency determines that probable cause exists showing that the force that was used was unlawful; directs the court to award attorney's fees, court costs, loss of income, and other expenses under specified circumstances; revises the circumstances that justify the use of force by an aggressor.

Yes I know the Constitution already enumerates the right to bear arms for defense, but this bill would also prevent CIVIL suits being brought against you if you were in the right.

If you don't know who your state rep is, go here and enter your zip:

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/myrepresentative.aspx

 

[mons meg]

LIfe hasn't changed much since we got the "Make My Day" law here in OK. It sounds liek a good thing for Florida if it'll shut off nonsense lawsuite.

 

[CZ-100]

I just fired off an email to my representative; Rep. Gayle B. Harrell , District 81. Which I see that she is also a Co-Sponsor.

 

[CarlS]

Thanks for the post. I will write Bill Proctor tomorrow and call him Tuesday.