this is more than the castle doctrine; florida already allows us that right, but this clarifies it, to if you are confronted outside of your residence, or vehicle, to meet force with force; i personally pray i never shoot anything other than paper or game with any of my weapons, but, in the same thought, if you attack me i WILL respond, with deadly and accurate force. To me, this is the penultimate argument, to deter predators from attacking innocent citizens, since they will know they can be met, on the spot, with equal or more force; by someone who has probably put more rounds thru a paper target than they can afford to put in their illegal weapon!!!!