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Being misrepresented by the gun control lobby, no surprise there.
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_9716.shtml
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_9716.shtml
Jim Kouri
Brady Anti-Gun Group Lies to Foreign Tourists
By Jim Kouri, CPP
MichNews.com
Oct 1, 2005
The Brady Campaign to Control Gun Violence is warning foreign tourists that they may be in danger if they visit Florida. The politically active gun-control group is warning Europeans that a new Florida gun law will increase the likelihood that tourists will be shot in the streets if Americans believe their safety is being threatened. The Brady group is spending big bucks in their attempt to hurt Florida's economy. And they are lying to do it.
Sarah Brady, who heads the campaign, said: "We think people visiting Florida should be aware of this law, and act accordingly. Visitors should be very careful about getting into an aggressive argument with anyone during their stay." She claims her group is only trying to protect tourists visiting Florida and they are not trying to hurt the state's economy, which is another lie.
According to the London-based International Television News, 1.5 million British tourists travel to Florida every year, and starting next week, they will be handed leaflets from the gun-control fanatics as they arrive at Miami and Orlando airports.
The Brady organization is out-and-out lying about the new Florida law. First of all, the law addresses use of deadly force in the home not in the streets. The statute allows citizens to use physical deadly force against a person who enters their premises and is a threat to their safety. If a person within a residence feels an intruder will kill or cause serious injury to him or her, or that the intruder will kill or cause serious injury to someone else in that dwelling, that person may use deadly physical force against the intruder to stop the attack.
The law does not apply to incidents outside of the gunowner's home and Sarah Brady and her bunch know it. The previous statute regarding the use deadly physical force by a private citizen stated that if a person could escape from his or her premises and others in that person's home could escape, then they could not claim justifiable homicide. The new law changes that, and rightly so. Why should a person have to retreat from someone invading their home? Only a Liberal would advocate that people should run from their homes when threatened even if they have the means to defend themselves, their families and their home.
Sarah Brady and her bunch of gun-grabbers hope to inflict as much damage as possible on Florida, its economy and it's citizens. And she doesn't care if she has to lie to do it.
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Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri's own website is located at http://jimkouri.us