Self-Defense in Florida

Was this couple too trusting? Homeowner shoots, kills handyman who turned aggressive during argument: HCSO | FOX 13 Tampa Bay

He was living with them, doing work around the house. It doesn't say in any of the articles I've read, but it sounds like the work was in lieu of rent.

Then one day, the woman asked him to leave. He didn't take it well.

They got into an argument overnight, and investigators said the man got aggressive towards the woman. She told deputies that she felt her life was in danger, leading to her firing her gun.

The shooting happened inside the home along Jeanal Place, and the woman was found in the front yard with leg injuries that she got during the argument. The handyman was found inside the home, according to [Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office].

OK. You don't get leg injuries during an "argument." That was a physical altercation. But if the Profession Journalist noted that, you might be inclined to side with the gun owner, and not be sympathetic toward the dead bad guy.

Hillsborough County is home to Tampa, Florida.

Why did I wonder if the couple had been too trusting?

The woman doesn't have a criminal history. The handyman, however, was a multiple-time convicted felon with a violent criminal history, HCSO said.

As noted, this happened in Florida, and not in Massachusetts, or some other gun and gun owner hating jurisdiction, where self-defense is recognized as both a human right, and a legal right.