776.013 (3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including
deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
A number of Florida's criminal laws have attracted national attention in recent years, such as the so - called «Stand Your Ground» gun law, which spells out the legal ways in which a person can act with
deadly force if their life is in danger.
Not exact matches
If you're unfamiliar, a Sharknado is a bizarre weather phenomenon that combines the
deadly force of a tornado with a massive amount of killer sharks.
«
If we can prevent incidents from escalating to
deadly force, that's a win,» said Axon spokesman Steve Tuttle.
And
if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; not that they were hereby warranted to drink poison, to show what power they had; but should they accidentally drink it, or rather should they be
forced to it by their enemies in order to destroy them, they should find no hurt by it: and Papias F24 reports of Barsabas, surnamed Justus, who was put up with Matthias for the apostleship, (Acts 1:23), that he drank a poisonous draught, and by the grace of the Lord, received no hurt: and the Jews themselves report F25, that «a son of R. Joshua ben Levi, swallowed something hurtful; and one came and whispered to him in the name of Jesus, the son of Pandira (so they call our Lord), and he did well.»
Society's standard (as embodied in the law) is: NOBODY should be physically attacking ANYBODY under any circumstances, and
if attacked physically, you can use anything up to (but not including)
deadly force (unless
deadly force is used by the attacker first) to defend yourself.
If he is able to play alongside or behind Chris Wood, Leeds could feature a
deadly strike
force next season.
«I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use
force —
if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a
deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.»
If you don't like guns, forget about it: FBI special agents must be armed at all times while on duty, and they are required to use
deadly force «should circumstances dictate.»
I would get them on camera and call the law or take my car by
force a thief is a thief and
if they touched me at all I would use
deadly force.
In short,
if you have a highly decorated Search and Rescue Pit Bull your dog is seen as
deadly as the dog that has been drugged up, abused, and
forced to attack.
- Forrest Kaysen appears in both Spy Fiction and
Deadly Premonition is there a connection, he's not the only character who transitions but he's definitely one of the ones that makes the most sense
if he's intended to be the same person /
force.
If you are allowed to use
deadly force in a situtation, do you really think you are not allowed to forceably stop a motorist and appropriate their vehicle in certain situations?
In short, in many states,
if you are in your home and an intruder unlawfully tries to enter to attack you, you can use
deadly force to defend yourself while in the sanctity of your «castle.»
(2)
Deadly physical
force may be used only
if a person reasonably believes a lesser degree of
force is inadequate and: (a) The actor has reasonable ground to believe, and does believe, that he or another person is in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving great bodily injury; or (b) The other person is using or reasonably appears about to use physical
force against an occupant of a dwelling or business establishment while committing or attempting to commit burglary as defined in sections 18-4-202 to 18-4-204; or (c) The other person is committing or reasonably appears about to commit kidnapping as defined in section 18-3-301 or 18-3-302, robbery as defined in section 18-4-301 or 18-4-302, sexual assault as set forth in section 18-3-402, or in section 18-3-403 as it existed prior to July 1, 2000, or assault as defined in sections 18-3-202 and 18-3-203.
A police officer can use
deadly force to effectuate an arrest based on a reasonable belief that a suspect has committed a felony involving the risk of physical harm or death to others (murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, rape or burglary) or
if there is substantial risk that the suspect was dangerous to the point that he may cause serious physical harm or death to someone
if the arrest were delayed.
In most states, you can defend yourself and use
deadly force, such as a firearm,
if a person enters your house with the intent to commit a burglary, robbery, sexual attack or assault.