NRA responds to "Stand Your Ground" case

Opponents predicted chaos in the streets as Stand Your Ground was debated in 2005.

“This bill creates a wild, wild west out there,” said former Representative Eleanor Sobel in 2006.

The sponsor fought back.

“I shouldn’t have a duty to retreat. That’s a good way to get shot in the back,” said Dennis Baxley.

The NRA’s Marion Hammer was standing next to Jeb Bush when he signed Stand Your Ground into law four weeks later.

“I think it will help us to see lower crime rates, protect people’s rights," said Jeb Bush. “A bill for the people."

Hammer knows the law as well as anyone and says Sheriff Bob Gultari shouldn’t be criticized for not arresting anyone in the case.

“If it’s a complicated case, it’s going to take longer,” Hammer said.

At about two minutes and 10 seconds into the surveillance video, a woman exits the store and looks for a second time at the end of the parking lot. A man, who was sitting in his car, also glances there. Both witnesses could be key to the case.

Twenty-five seconds later Markeis McGlockton exits the store, apparently aware the mother of his children was being confronted by a stranger. Hammer says we don’t know what the Sheriff knows.

“We don’t know how many witnesses. We don’t know what the guy who attacked the guy on the ground said to him,” Hammer said.

Hammer also clarified what was perceived by many as a criticism of the Sheriff. Hammer says she was only speaking to what the law says, not the Sheriff himself.