Florida's stand your ground law was passed in 2005, under Gov. Jeb Bush's administration.
It is unclear how the stand your ground law may ultimately play out in his case.
Texas' version of a Stand Your Ground law is known as the Castle Doctrine.
Texas passed its Stand Your Ground law in 2007, extending the right to defend oneself not just at home, but also in the workplace or in a vehicle.
And what do you say as the CBC now is calling for legislators to look at the Stand Your Ground law, and as the Justice Department is investigating still?
Florida authorities, meanwhile, have picked 17 people to tackle a heated question brought on by the killing of Martin: whether the state's "stand your ground law" should be changed.
First, while everyone continues to focus on Zimmerman and whether he will invoke a Stand Your Ground law defense, efforts are under way in the Florida Legislature and other states to get rid of such laws, or change them.
Rodriguez's reference to standing his ground is similar to the claim made by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who is citing Florida's Stand Your Ground law in his defense in the fatal February shooting of an unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin.
Manslaughter would not be difficult to prove but for Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand your ground" law.
The case has triggered a nationwide debate about Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, race and racial profiling.
If Zimmerman was the initial aggressor, he cannot avail himself of the protection of the "stand your ground" law.
Zimmerman recently waived his right to a pretrial hearing under Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows people to use deadly force when threatened regardless of where they are.
As more facts in the case emerged, the conversation shifted to the controversy surrounding Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows for the use of deadly force in cases of self-defense.
Martin's death has triggered a nationwide debate about race in America and Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows people to use deadly force anywhere they feel a reasonable threat of death or serious injury.
As their reason for not immediately arresting Zimmerman, police cited Florida's "stand your ground" law, which states that people who feel threatened don't have to retreat from danger and can use deadly force to protect themselves.
Carroll opened the proceedings by defending the panel from allegations that it was stacked with supporters of the "stand your ground" law, including its sponsor in the state House of Representatives and three other lawmakers who supported it.
Some also feel that it's better to wait on the evidence before rushing to judgment on what happened that night.. Others decry the "stand your ground" law that allowed Zimmerman to walk away free of any criminal charges.
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The Martin case has sparked intense discussions about race, gun control and the state's "stand your ground" law, which make it legal for people to use deadly force when they feel a reasonable threat of death or serious injury.
Sanford police initially declined to arrest Zimmerman, saying there was no evidence to contradict his claim of self-defense under Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows people to use deadly force anywhere they feel a reasonable threat of serious injury or death.
It also raised questions about gun laws, as well as the merits of the "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida, and similar laws in other states that allow people to use deadly force anywhere they feel a reasonable threat of serious injury or death.
Florida Democratic State Rep. Alan Williams has introduced a bill in the legislature that would do away with the Stand Your Ground defense, which law enforcement personnel and district attorneys have said makes their job harder in prosecuting shootings.
Known as Stand Your Ground, the 2005 Florida law eliminated the requirement that individuals retreat in the face of an attack and allowed them to respond with deadly force if necessary.
Under English common law one had a legal duty to retreat, not stand your ground.
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