Exactly. The law needs to be amended.
i've sat thru many permit classes. It's scary just how wide open the law is. A little old lady can shoot a bodybuilder who is approaching her - because she feared he would punch her once and she'd die, thanks to her old age, weak heart, etc - and she walks. But the bodybuilder can't shoot the old lady for the same reason.
you're allowed, under FL law, to shoot someone in the head if you fear them. Then you can make up anything you want "He said he would do this or that..." and you WALK.
I hate that part of the law. You literally have to flee anyone with a gun - because if you piss them off, they can shoot you and make up anything they want, and hey, you can't PROVE they're lying. I can chase a punk into an alley and shoot him dead, and hey, he attacked me, look, my nose is even bleeding. Ha!
it's a messed up law. It USED to be that you had some duty to retreat - and that diffused 99% of situations. The dude with a gun with step back 5 feet, and most fights end. Only a fool will continue chasing a person pulling their piece. NOW - zimmerman actually ran INTO that confrontation. With a duty to retreat, he would have stayed in the truck.
I hate the law like that. People can shoot, make up a story, and walk because the person they shot was dressed one way or another.