your ground, pro civil rights, pro women s rights and so forth. at the end of the day, as a black american male in this country, and i ve been black and american and male longer than anybody on this panel. i refuse to not embrace every single right under this great constitution, and that includes the right to keep and bear arms. but joseph, let me ask you, do you believe in the state of florida that the law is equally applied, that if an african-american male argued stand your ground, shot a if the roles reversed and the young men were caucasian and it was stand your ground, do you think the law would treat an african-american who shot a white male the same? i would like to think so. florida statute 776. 013 is the castle doctrine. on october 16, 2006, i
the role s reversed and the youg men were caucasian and it was stand your ground, do you think the law would treat an african-american who shot a white male the same? i would like to think so. florida statute 776. 013 is the castle doctrine. on october 16, 2006, i accidently left the garage door up from my garage and the door to my house unlocked. a white male intruder came into my home 3:30 a.m. in the morning. i got up with my .357 magnum with six rounds of hollow point bullets, fired five at him. i missed, but had it not been for that, i might not be here having that conversation with you all on this show. so the answer is yes, i have experienced these statutes
stand your ground is a description? one portion of the law. so what the task force is charged to do is review 776, florida statute 776, just fileable use of force and its application to get public testimony and also the data. the raw statistical data which the university of florida will be capturing that information from cases filed across the board across the state of florida and see if we re seeing some changes after the law has been implemented and what those changes have been and how it impacts our public safety. so with the information we re going to be receiving from individuals coming to us from private citizens, from our panelists to capture information so we can give a recommendation back to the governor and legislature as to what changes need to be made in the law if
in secret service prostitution scandal and growing disgust on capitol hill. lawmakers say expect more secret service employees to resign or be fired soon, and the more details congress learns about a night of heavy drinking and hiring escorts in columbia, the more outrage. it is a stunning thing, actually disgusting. those people that are responsible have brought disgrace and it is disgusting. people that are here to protect the president, they go to columbia, have a fight over a prostitute over how much to be paid? that s either very stupid or total lack of common sense. congressional correspondent dana bash is on the hill. what are we learning? reporter: the idea of whether or not the rest of the 11 secret service members are going to go, is a big question. i talked to lawmakers that say their sense is the answer is yes, and their sense is because they have been talking to the secret service director, but it is an open question when that will happen. the understandi