Florida Castle Doctrine Law.
'Nuff Said.....
I wasn't impressed with FL CD law. I was there in Punta Gorda not long ago, and two guys were giving my, ummm,
lady friend a hard time about accessing their alleged property through her easement.
I told Laurie to stay inside and I'd go unlock the gate, which I did. Of course, I was armed. Since these two looked like the a-typical Phoenix City crackhead, I did a Mexican tuck at 4 o'clock. Given my impression of them, I figured that deterrence was the better discretion than allowing them to start something I was prepared to finish if push came to shove and CCW.
I went and unlocked the gate, and they both stopped and actually asked me if I was a cop. I asked them why they'd ask that, and they referenced my piece. I simply told them that it was my legal right to be armed. The look in their eyes clearly told me that they'd never met anyone they knew was armed before.
I'm not dissing FL laws, but I do know this: In AZ and TX, people EXPECT you to be armed. When I find out that someone is carrying, I don't bat an eyelash. Who isn't armed here besides the liberal victims? Criminals look for liberals and target them. Guys like me don't get bothered in the worst of neighborhoods.
I'd have to infer that TX isn't that much different, where you can shoot a MF breaking into your neighbor's house after dark.
True, y'all have no duty to retreat, but that's a far cry from the freedoms we have with 2A rights.