Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 209, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Smith moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 12
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 776.09, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         776.09 Justifiable use of force; legislative intent.—The
    8  use of force authorized by this chapter is not intended to
    9  encourage vigilantism or acts of revenge, authorize the
   10  initiation of a confrontation as a pretext to respond with
   11  deadly force, or negate a duty to retreat for persons engaged in
   12  unlawful mutual combat.
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   15  And the title is amended as follows:
   16         Delete line 3
   17  and insert:
   18         concealed firearm; creating s. 776.09, F.S.; providing
   19         legislative intent regarding the justifiable use of
   20         force; amending s. 790.01, F.S.; providing