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Card #c174IR // #c174Synthesis

Did you notice that in Florida (as in most other Stand Your Ground states), you can use deadly force when your life is not in danger and to stop the commission of a felony or what you perceive to be a felony?

— In our words · Source: Bad Law (Elie Mystal)

[Use when]

Use when a statute is doing offense under a defense brand.

[Why it matters]

Self-defense doctrine expands into felony-stop lethal force — the word 'defense' outruns the threat.

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