Originally Posted by
SteyrAUG
Well once again, not always. In fact FL SYG laws specifically protect you from being sued. Again, not trying to dismiss or diminish the point you are making, just saying it doesn't always apply.
The key in your example is homeless people pissing or shitting on your property probably doesn't satisfy the "in imminent fear of death or serious injury" qualifier. That said, if you go run said homeless person OFF of your property and in the process they become confrontational and aggressive and satisfy the qualifications for deadly force in SYG state such as FL, well then that person is going to be pissing with Patrick Lavoie.
Now if you happen to reside in CA, NY or a few other states, very different rules apply. But in FL Lavoie is dead even though he never physically even touched Murdock and not only was Murdock never arrested or charged, he was never sued and the only aftermath of the deadly force shooting was giving police a statement of events and then going home to eat dinner. I don't think he ever even retained a lawyer.
This is also why Zimmerman was initially not arrested, it was only when it looked like his statement "might" not be factual that he was arrested and investigated.