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to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony.
According to this statute, you must reasonably believe you or someone around you is:
A. Going to die
B. Going to sustain a serious injury
C. Going to become the victim of a forcible felony
Reasonable Belief - Do you truly believe one of the previous three things is about to happen? However, your opinion isn’t the only one that matters. Would the police, prosecutor, judge and jury believe that your fear was reasonable? If you get into a verbal altercation with someone and suddenly pull out a gun and shoot, would the police, prosecutor, judge and jury reasonably believe you were in fear of death, great bodily harm or a forcible felony? I don’t think so. What if an attacker attempted to rob you with a gun and you drew your firearm and killed the attacker, but when the police arrived, they realized the gun was a toy? When the attacker pointed the toy gun at you, was it reasonable to believe that you thought the gun was real? I believe so, and even though you weren’t really in danger, you had a reasonable belief that you were. Therefore, deadly force would be reasonable, in my opinion.
Imminent - Dictionary.com defines the term imminent as “Likely to occur at any moment; impending.”
Great Bodily Harm - The state of Florida does not provide a statutory definition for great bodily harm. However, I would interpret it to mean a serious injury like a broken bone, brain damage, head trauma or a large cut. Again, this is just my opinion.
Forcible Felony - A forcible felony is any of the following 14 crimes:
1.Treason
F.S. 876.32 Treason against the state shall consist only in levying war against the same, or in adhering to the enemies thereof, or giving them aid and comfort. Whoever commits treason against this state shall be guilty of a felony of the first degree.
2.Murder