Annie
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- Nov 22, 2003
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You are assuming that burglars wish to escalate to murderers, simply not true. However, homeowners do wish to enjoy their property to themselves and invited others.And the lesson for robbers is to come heavily armed when they rob homes and to kill the owners before doing so. They are already desperate but now these kinds of laws increase the liklihood of more deadly home invasions. Of all the stupid laws this one has to take the cake because it is likely to lead to a lot of innocent people being killed as a result of the robber choosing to put his life before theirs. We need to use some common sense here. Now robbers are going to carefully plan their invasions and go directly for the homeowners bedrooms, put a bullet in them, and then just in case kill their children and proceed to rob them. I am so glad that I don't live in Florida because I don't want to end up dead as a result of such stupid laws. Here is a good example of it:
"A husband and wife are sleeping and they don't own a gun but the robber doesn't know that. The robber goes into their bedrooms and puts a bullet in both of them and then robs the house because he wanted to make sure he wouldn't be shot while in the commission of the act."
Also, your suggestion that someone who mistakenly enters someone's home should be sure to call ahead is idiotic. The point is that they are entering the wrong home and are killed as a result of doing so. Now, it makes sense for the owners to defend themselves and that it would be okay for the owner to shoot to kill someone who is robbing their house but the burden of proof should rest upon the homeowner to show that they had reason to fear for their life. Now this law allows someone to invite someone to their home, and kill them and then say that they thought they were robbing their homes. The liklihood of this law being abused is obvious.