Woman Pulls Sword In Spat Over Parking Spot

"Joe S." > wrote in :

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> "laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" > wrote in
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>> http://www.wxii12.com/news/9177985/d...sp=irresistibl
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>> Woman Pulls Sword In Spat Over Parking Spot
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>> UPDATED: 3:32 pm EDT May 8, 2006
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>> JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An argument over a parking place outside a
>> Florida Wal-Mart store erupted in a sword attack and landed a
>> 46-year-old woman in jail, according to police.
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>> Sharlott Till is accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
>> for allegedly threatening women in another car with a 27-inch sword
>> hidden inside her walking cane.
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>> Police said Till and her husband were waiting to pull into a parking
>> space at a Wal-Mart Sunday afternoon, when another car drove around
>> them. According to the arrest report, Till approached a woman and her
>> daughter in the other car and they exchanged profane words.
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>> Witnesses told police that Till produced the sword and began swinging
>> it around. She later told police she is trained in the use of a sword
>> and was only attempting to scare the other driver.
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>> Till's husband told police he didn't see the sword even though he was
>> standing just feet away from the confrontation.
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>> No one was hurt in the incident
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> This women is guilty of NOTHING. At the urging of the NRA, Florida
> passed a "shoot-first" law, also known as a "license to murder" law.
> Under Florida law, if you feel threatened by another person, you are
> allowed to use deadly force to protect yourself, even though the other
> person is not physically attacking you. She felt threatened and
> pulled her sword. Let her go.
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She certainly violated the Florida concealed weapons law.

Second,the "threat" has to be credible,and one must be in fear for their
life or "grievous bodily harm".
Having words does not meet that definition.

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