Crime and Courts: ‘Shoot first and ask questions later'. (Capital Times, 7/3/2011)
Excerpt: The law that Horn was talking about is the “castle doctrine” statute, many versions of which are sweeping the nation. The law holds that the home is a castle, and any man or woman can take whatever means they deem fit to protect it. In Texas, the castle doctrine law covers not only the home, but also anywhere a person has “a right to be."
Derided by detractors as the “shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later” law, or the “make-my-day” doctrine, castle doctrine proposals have been aggressively pushed in state legislatures by the National Rifle Association, which after successfully lobbying to legalize concealed carry of firearms in every state but Illinois, has made the castle doctrine its central focus.
And then there's this headline in today's New York Times (highlight added:=):
Haphazard? Not as far as the NRA is concerned. It's going exactly according to plan.
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