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10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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15 | 15 | | An act relating to the use or threatened use of force; 2 |
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16 | 16 | | providing a short title; amending ss. 776.012 and 3 |
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17 | 17 | | 776.031, F.S.; deleting provisions stating that 4 |
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18 | 18 | | persons who use or threaten to use force, other than 5 |
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19 | 19 | | deadly force, do not have a duty to retreat before 6 |
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20 | 20 | | using or threatening to use such force in defense of 7 |
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21 | 21 | | persons or property, respectively; prohibiting the use 8 |
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22 | 22 | | of deadly force by a person who knows that he or she 9 |
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23 | 23 | | can avoid the necessity of using deadly force with 10 |
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24 | 24 | | complete safety by retreating; deleting provisions 11 |
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25 | 25 | | stating that a person using or threatening to use 12 |
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26 | 26 | | deadly force does not have a duty to retreat and has 13 |
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27 | 27 | | the right to stand his or her ground under certain 14 |
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28 | 28 | | circumstances; repealing s. 776.032, F.S., relating to 15 |
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29 | 29 | | immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action 16 |
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30 | 30 | | for justifiable use or threatened use of force; 17 |
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31 | 31 | | reenacting s. 790.25(4)(c), F.S., relating to lawful 18 |
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32 | 32 | | ownership, possession, and use of firearms and other 19 |
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33 | 33 | | weapons, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 20 |
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34 | 34 | | 776.012, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an 21 |
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35 | 35 | | effective date. 22 |
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37 | 37 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 24 |
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51 | 51 | | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Self -Defense 26 |
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52 | 52 | | Restoration Act." 27 |
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53 | 53 | | Section 2. Section 776.012, Florida Statutes, is amended 28 |
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54 | 54 | | to read: 29 |
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55 | 55 | | 776.012 Use or threatened use of force in defense of 30 |
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56 | 56 | | person.— 31 |
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57 | 57 | | (1) A person is justified in using or threatening to use 32 |
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58 | 58 | | force, except deadly force, against another when and to the 33 |
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59 | 59 | | extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is 34 |
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60 | 60 | | necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the 35 |
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61 | 61 | | other's imminent use of unlawful force. A person who uses or 36 |
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62 | 62 | | threatens to use force in accordance with this subsection does 37 |
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63 | 63 | | not have a duty to retreat before using or threatening to use 38 |
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64 | 64 | | such force. 39 |
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65 | 65 | | (2) A person is justified in using or threatening to use 40 |
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66 | 66 | | deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that using or 41 |
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67 | 67 | | threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent imminent 42 |
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68 | 68 | | death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or 43 |
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69 | 69 | | to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony. A 44 |
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70 | 70 | | person may not who uses or threatens to use deadly force in 45 |
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71 | 71 | | accordance with this subsection if the person knows that he or 46 |
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72 | 72 | | she can, with complete safety, avoid the necessity of using 47 |
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73 | 73 | | deadly force by retreating does not have a duty to retreat and 48 |
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74 | 74 | | has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or 49 |
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75 | 75 | | threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal 50 |
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88 | 88 | | activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be . 51 |
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89 | 89 | | Section 3. Section 776.031, Florida Statutes, is amended 52 |
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90 | 90 | | to read: 53 |
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91 | 91 | | 776.031 Use or threatened use of force in defense of 54 |
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92 | 92 | | property.— 55 |
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93 | 93 | | (1) A person is justified in using or threatening to use 56 |
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94 | 94 | | force, except deadly force, against another when and to the 57 |
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95 | 95 | | extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is 58 |
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96 | 96 | | necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on, or 59 |
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97 | 97 | | other tortious or criminal interference with, either real 60 |
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98 | 98 | | property other than a dwelli ng or personal property, lawfully in 61 |
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99 | 99 | | his or her possession or in the possession of another who is a 62 |
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100 | 100 | | member of his or her immediate family or household or of a 63 |
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101 | 101 | | person whose property he or she has a legal duty to protect. A 64 |
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102 | 102 | | person who uses or threatens to us e force in accordance with 65 |
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103 | 103 | | this subsection does not have a duty to retreat before using or 66 |
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104 | 104 | | threatening to use such force. 67 |
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105 | 105 | | (2) A person is justified in using or threatening to use 68 |
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106 | 106 | | deadly force only if he or she reasonably believes that such 69 |
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107 | 107 | | conduct is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a 70 |
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108 | 108 | | forcible felony. A person may not who uses or threatens to use 71 |
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109 | 109 | | deadly force in accordance with this subsection if the person 72 |
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110 | 110 | | knows that he or she can, with complete safety, avoid the 73 |
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111 | 111 | | necessity of using deadly force by retreating does not have a 74 |
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112 | 112 | | duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if 75 |
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125 | 125 | | the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not 76 |
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126 | 126 | | engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she 77 |
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127 | 127 | | has a right to be. 78 |
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128 | 128 | | Section 4. Section 776.032, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 79 |
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129 | 129 | | Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 80 |
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130 | 130 | | made by this act to section 776.012, Florida Statutes, in a 81 |
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131 | 131 | | reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 82 |
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132 | 132 | | 790.25, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 83 |
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133 | 133 | | 790.25 Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms 84 |
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134 | 134 | | and other weapons.— 85 |
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135 | 135 | | (4) POSSESSION IN PRIVATE CONVEYANCE. — 86 |
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136 | 136 | | (c) This subsection shall be liberally construed in favor 87 |
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137 | 137 | | of the lawful use, ownership, and possession of firearms and 88 |
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138 | 138 | | other weapons, including lawful self -defense as provided in s. 89 |
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139 | 139 | | 776.012. 90 |
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140 | 140 | | Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 91 |
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