Jeb Bush applauds a "good, common sense, anti-crime" FL state law

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050929/photos_ts_afp/050929145342_o34pwmru_photo1

A Florida state law authorizing gun owners to shoot anyone in a public area who they believe threaten their safety, was described by Governor Jeb Bush as a 'good, common sense, anti-crime issue'(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

[Dirty Hippie]

1. That ought to be good for the tourist industry!

Come to Florida and get your ass shot.

[gratuitous]

2. Well, it will certainly bring the crime rates down

Just make sure you kill your victim in a public area and say the magic words, "He's comin' right at me!" I predict the Florida murder rate will approach zero now that it's been legalized.

But common sense? Just how fucking stupid ARE people in Florida?

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. I always vote for the other guy.

But, hey, if someone shoots a policeman because he fears police brutality, would that be a defense?

[lady lib]

3. The important thing here is that Chang likes it.

"I see imaginary friends..."

[Neocondriac]

4. And my friends wonder....

why I want to move to New England from here.

[jackster]

8. come on up - I did and it was the best thing I ever did for me and my kids

When I left FL over 25 years ago it was still fairly blue. I wouldn't move back now for any amount of money and I shudder constantly over the mess it's become.

And I come from several generations of Floridians on both sides of the fam...

[DarkTirade]

13. Worst part is...

it's about 51-49%. The problem is that 51% are WHACKO. And they vote.

[tularetom]

5. You don't need a PhD

to see where this will lead. Jesus Effing Christ, open season on minorities. What a moran - and look at that pic. Fuckin inbred pos.

[ewagner]

6. Edited

I was going to propose a very sarcastic example but thought better of it.

This is a stupid law and will be proven to be so in a very short period of time.

[thecodewarrior]

9. Whats he talking about?

Almost everytime you hear of a Taser report you think of florida.
Almost everytime you hear of a kid raped and killed you think of florida. That state has some messed up peoople there from the top down.

[fooj]

10. Florida is "UNLEASHING CHANG"........

Yikes.

[Debi]

11. Will this stop his children and his wife from continuing to break the law?

[damntexdem]

12. It will keep me out of Florida.

Let's hope millions more feel the same, and stay away.

[DarkTirade]

14. I didn't read the fine print when I first heard about this one...

I just thought it applied to home invasion type things. Before the law stated that you HAD to try to retreat, and the only time you were legally allowed to attack an intruder is if you were in a room with only one exit and the intruder was BLOCKING your exit.
Which is kind of stupid. I'm all for gun control and whantot, but if someone is in my house, threatening my life, I should have a choice between fight or flight. I shouldn't be forced BY LAW to retreat and let the intruder have his way.
I didn't realize it applied in public situations and it was this loose of an interpetation though.

[ncteechur]

15. Maybe putting his dysfunctional family in jail will lower the crime rate.