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FW: ALERT --- Protect Your Right To Refuse To Be A Victim -- Gov. Task Force
            
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Subject: ALERT --- Protect Your Right To Refuse To Be A Victim -- Gov. Task Force

 

ALERT --- Protect Your Right To Refuse To Be A Victim -- Gov. Task Force

DATE:       April 23, 2012
TO:           Unified Sportsmen of Florida & NRA Members and Friends
FROM:      Marion P. Hammer
                USF Executive Director
                NRA Past President

Florida Governor Rick Scott has announced the appointment of a Task Force to review Florida's Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground laws.

The Castle Doctrine law protects law-abiding citizens from law enforcement and prosecutorial abuse when they fight back and use force, including deadly force against an intruder/attacker in their homes or occupied vehicles.  The law removes any duty to retreat when in your home or vehicle and presumes that an intruder/attacker intends to do bodily harm, therefore allowing the use of force, including deady force, to protect yourself, your family and your home.

The Stand Your Ground law protects law-abiding citizens from law enforcement and prosecutorial abuse when they fight back and use force, including deadly force against an intruder/attacker. The law provides that a person does not have a duty to retreat if the person is in a place where he or she has a right to be, and may meet force with force if the person reasonably believes he/she is in immiment peril of death or great bodily harm.

TO READ A COPY OF THE LAW FOR YOURSELF:

Florida Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground Law

http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2005-027.pdf (http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2005-027.pdf)

In the face of outrageous misinterpretations of the law by the anti-gun, anti-self defense Brady Campaign's reckless henchmen, and politically motivated anti-gun legislators and politicians, Governor Rick Scott has appointed the Task Force on Citizen Safety and Protection to actually review the law and bring the truth to light.

TO READ A COPY OF THE GOVERNOR'S PRESS RELEASE:

Governor's Press Release on Task Force Appointments

http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/04.19.2012-RELEASE-Task-Force-Citizen-Safety-Protection.pdf (http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/04.19.2012-RELEASE-Task-Force-Citizen-Safety-Protection.pdf)

READ WHAT SCHOLARS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY READ THE LAW SAY:

David Kopel: Debunking The Stand Your Ground Myth

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/2/debunking-the-stand-your-ground-myth/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/2/debunking-the-stand-your-ground-myth/)

The Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground

http://www.corson.org/archives/legal/L2012_09.htm (http://www.corson.org/archives/legal/L2012_09.htm)

Stand Your Ground, America | The American Civil Rights Union

http://theacru.org/acru/stand_your_ground_america/ (http://theacru.org/acru/stand_your_ground_america/)

And from Tucson, Arizona's TusconCitizen.com is a link attacking Marion Hammer for her work to protect law-abiding gun owners' rights.  The article includes a video you should watch because Hammer explains why the law became necessary.

NASTY JACK: Graying Granny Marion Hammer excellent example of NRA’s brain washing

http://nastyjackbuzz.blogspot.com/2012/04/graying-granny-marion-hammer-excellent.html (http://nastyjackbuzz.blogspot.com/2012/04/graying-granny-marion-hammer-excellent.html)

Balance it off with a CNN Profile on Marion Hammer:

CNN Profile: Marion Hammer Stands Her Ground

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/15/us/marion-hammer-profile/?eref=rss_latest (http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/15/us/marion-hammer-profile/?eref=rss_latest)

Finally: At the bottom of the Governor's Press Release is an email address for the public to provide input by emailing the task force.

That email address is:   CitizenSafety@eog.myflorida.com.

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