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===Promotion of Other ALEC Policies===
As Governor, Jeb Bush signed into law the "Stand Your Ground" law, promoted by the National Rifle Association and later adopted by the American Legislative Exchange Council as a "model bill" called the Castle Doctrine. The bill was signed into law with the NRA’s lobbyist, Marion Hammer, standing alongside the governor at the signing ceremony on April 26, 2005.<ref>[httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/File:NRA_lobbyist_watches_Jeb_sign.png NRA Lobbyist Watches Jeb Sign], Photo available via Blogwood 2.0, April 27, 2005.</ref><ref>Lisa Graves, "[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12181/after-zimmerman-let%E2%80%99s-end-stand-your-ground After Zimmerman, Let’s End Stand Your Ground]," Center for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', July 17, 2013.</ref>
The law faced criticism in the wake of the killing of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. Bush defended the law stating, "stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back."<ref name="ground">Jessica Washington, [http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/foes-hit-jeb-bushs-record-stand-your-ground-laws-n401351 Foes Hit Jeb Bush's Record on 'Stand Your Ground' Laws], NBC News, July 30, 2015.</ref> He also gave a speech to the NRA in 2015 defending the law, proclaiming that "in Florida, we protected people's rights to protect themselves."<ref name="ground"/>
