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07/09/2007: "USA slowly banning self-defense"

Borden, 44, was walking his dogs last year when three men in a Jeep tried to run him down. He pulled a gun and shot five times through the windshield, then moved to the side of the vehicle and fired nine more rounds.

He thought the shooting was self-defense, but a prosecutor put him on trial in the deaths, despite a new Florida law that grants wide latitude to people using deadly force to protect themselves.

The case highlights the confusion surrounding so-called "stand-your-ground" laws, which have been adopted in at least 14 states.

[ The nanny state wants passive people, despite the fact that with crime constantly rising, its citizens want the right to blast back at parasitic, violent idiots. ]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070900862.html