Florida gets even weirder

If you thought Florida was a weird place before, take a look at it now. Yesterday Governor Jeb Bush signed a bill allowing Florida citizens to use guns or other deadly force to defend themselves in public places without first trying to escape.

And here's a surprise: the National Rifle Association lobbied hard for the bill's passage. In fact, Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president, said it would use the victory to push for similar measures elsewhere.

To paraphrase a verse from the '60s song, "One Tin Soldier":
Go ahead and shoot a neighbor, go ahead and shoot a friend...
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/27/national/27shoot.html