as one allegan member michael ho said in a radio interview back in two thousand and eight the castle doctrine was passed by alec with the help of the national rifle association the lobbying arm of the american gun manufacturing industry we are a very pro second amendment organization in fact last session some of the i'll get off topic here real quick but some of the things that we were pushing in states was the castle doctrine we worked with the n.r.a. on that that's one of our model bills that we have states a introduce and so what exactly is the castle doctrine well it's a virtual carbon copy of florida's stand your ground law which was passed just a few months after alec approved the castle doctrine. here are the two bills. side by side nearly identical other than this one minor difference that basically actually makes the build even more expansive coordination reporter john nichols alec wrote this law for lobbyists from the n.r.a. and wal-mart the nation's largest retailer of guns and republicans in the florida state legislature introduced it and republican governor jeb bush signed it int

let me ask you that in the supreme course that has been mentioned earlier, the case of held the castle doctrine. justice oliver wendell homes stated that "the pastor flexion cannot be demanded in the presence. this was a case in 1921. upheld the doctrine. given the origins of the standard ground lot under this doctrine, in what ways to have the expand -- >> justice homes caller: coming voices the intuition that lies behind a lot of the law. it is scary when someone pulls a gun on you, pulls a knife minute. it is hard to imagine having rational thought about what you should be doing in the face up a gun being pointed at your face. i think parts of standard ground laws have drawn on that intuition. i also think that they do a lot more than not. they go beyond -- it is difficult when there is a gun in your face. i want to focus on florida. it was passed in 2005. in georgia, i will disagree a little bit. he is correct that there was nothing in the statute saying there was no duty -- duty to retreat in georgia before 2006. since 1898, but there you are in your home there was no duty to retreat. my u

let me ask you that in the supreme course that has been mentioned earlier, the case of held the castle doctrine. justice oliver wendell holmes stated that "the past reflection cannot be demanded in the presence. this was a case in 1921. upheld the doctrine. given the origins of the stand your ground law under this doctrine, in what ways to have the expand -- >> it is scary when someone pulls a gun on you, pulls a knife on you. it is hard to imagine having rational thought about what you should be doing in the face up a gun being pointed at your face. i think parts of stand your ground law have drawn on that intuition. i also think that they do a lot more than not. they go beyond -- it is difficult when there is a gun in your face. i want to focus on florida. it was passed in 2005. in georgia, i will disagree a little bit. he is correct that there was nothing in the statute saying there was no duty to retreat in georgia before 2006. since 1898, if you are in your home there was no duty to retreat. my understanding is that the legislature wanted to make sure that ended up as part of the statute.