Another Florida CCW permit holder stands their ground, kills assailant.

[Atypical Liberal]

99. I'm glad you agree.

Clearly there is a difference between breaking a jaywalking law and committing homicide.

I'm glad you agree that there is a difference. Clearly it is inaccurate to call people who commit serious crimes simply "lawbreakers".

And there is just as much difference between committing a hold-up and being evil.

I don't really want to delve into semantic variations of "good vs. evil".

You can call it "good vs. not-quite-angels" if that makes you more comfortable.

The bottom line is, a dangerous person was stopped by an innocent person. And that is a good thing.

I simply don't see shooting a 16 yr.old dead as proper 'punishment'. We, as a society, don't think armed robbery requires a death sentence.

Self-defense is not punishment. It's self-defense. If the armed robber had been caught by the police, disarmed, and rendered harmless, and tried in a court of law, he would not receive the death penalty.

But today, the most effective, affordable, easy-to-use self-defense tool is the firearm, and it is a deadly weapon. If we are going to allow people to defend themselves with such tools (and we should), then death is a likely possibility. It's not a punishment, it's a consequence of logical self-defense.

Maybe someday they will invent a good non-lethal substitute for firearms, and then this entire issue will melt away as we will simply make it illegal to use deadly force for self-defense ever.