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Thread #80705   Message #1473284
Posted By: CarolC
28-Apr-05 - 12:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Flori-DUH: 'Duel in the streets' passes
Subject: RE: BS: Flori-DUH: 'Duel in the streets' passes
This law sets up some interesting legal questions.

If person A feels like he or she is being threatened by person B, and person A shoots person B, and in so doing, killes a six year old kid who is walking along the street behind person B, will person A be held accountable? Will person B be held accountable for person A killing the kid because person B was threateneing person A? What if person B wasn't really threatening person A? What if it was a misunderstanding... person B thought person A's cellphone was a gun and person B pulls out his/her gun in "self defence"... person A see's person B's gun and shoots him/her in "self defence". Kid gets killed... who goes to jail?