Kick Ass!

It looks like Floridians will finally be getting some decent gun laws.

Of course, the AP twerp who wrote this article about the proposed law not only plays it like the sky is falling, but is too chickenshit to sign his name.

People who feel threatened anywhere they have a legal right to be — even on the street or at a baseball game — could “meet force with force” to defend themselves without fear of prosecution or liability under a bill passed overwhelmingly Tuesday by the Florida House.

The measure essentially extends a right Floridians already have in their home or car. Under present law, however, people attacked anywhere else are supposed to do what they can to avoid escalating the situation and can use deadly force only after they’ve tried to retreat.

“I’m sorry, people, but if I’m attacked I shouldn’t have a duty to retreat,” said the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Dennis Baxley. “That’s a good way to get shot in the back.”

The measure passed 94-20. It had already passed the Senate and now heads to Gov. Jeb Bush, who has not said whether he will sign it. It was the top priority of the National Rifle Association in Florida this year.

Baxley said that if people have the clear right to defend themselves without having to worry about legal consequences, criminals will think twice.

Damn right, they’ll think twice. Which is doubling the number of times they currently think about it.

I cannot for the life of me remember where I saw this last night, but if I find it somewhere this morning, I’ll credit it.