Miami judge finds fists a potentially lethal threat in
Stand Your Ground ruling
If you train in Martial Arts
and you cannot control your temper, and you challenge someone to a
fistfight. The defender is justified in
shooting and killing you in Florida, according to the Stand Your Ground
law. Even if you are unarmed, but you
are trained in some sort of combat, if you attack someone in Florida who is
armed, he is justified in killing you based on self-defense. This is the difference between the streets
and combat sport. On the streets, its
not about proving yourself and playing silly fight games, if you lose your
temper and you attack someone, that person can literally take your life away
and be justified in doing it. On the
streets, the law protects the defender, the attacker is the criminal. A Martial Artist is always a defender; he is
never the attacker that instigates the fight.
There are no rules on the streets, a defender who truly feels that he is
in danger can do what he deems necessary to stop the threat, even if it means
shooting to kill. A Martial Artist is
always the defender, he does not go looking for fights, he will do whatever in
his power to avoid a fight, but if someone is threatening his life, he will do
what is necessary to survive, even if it entails taking the life of the
attacker.
