Is vigilantism legal in Florida?
According to the Governor it seems to be:
At a press conference on Friday, DeSantis spoke approvingly of a “You Loot, We Shoot” sign he had witnessed while touring a devastated area.
“We are a law and order state, and this is a law and order community,” the governor said. “So do not think that you’re going to take advantage of people who’ve suffered misery.”
At another press conference on Friday he said Florida was a “Second Amendment state.”
“I can tell you in the state of Florida, you never know what may be lurking behind somebody’s home,” he said. “And I would not want to chance that if I were you.”
Good times. This is where we are. DeSantis is issuing an official approval for civilians to shoot looters.
There was a time in America when the law was that people could only kill someone in self-defense. Now, according to government leaders, you can kill anyone you think might be stealing property. Vigilantism is no longer illegal.
I’d say “welcome to the wild west” but in any place where there was “law and order” in the old west, vigilantism was illegal. In fact, they used to confiscate firearms in the city limits. But those were the bad old days. Now the second amendment gives you the right to kill anything that moves, apparently.