Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What's wrong with "duty to retreat" [View all]sarisataka
(22,696 posts)I assume the posted text of the FL statutes is accurate. The vagueness is what the police are using to say they are prohibited from arresting him.
I do not see it that way as Zimmerman was in a defined safe place- his car. He willingly left that place to confront Martin. In my reasonable person eyes, that removed the SYG claim to avoid arrest.
He may still claim SD but should have to do that to a jury.
The civil immunity I completely agree with. (Even in the case of OJ) If you have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by a jury of your peers, why face another trial to see if you need to pay because "well maybe the last jury got it wrong?"
And to say that is not a burden on the defendant is ludicrous. Most people cannot really afford one trail let alone a second. Plus the time and stress of a civil defense I do not believe is fair to inflict on someone who has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing.