Wow, the media is completely confused. Castle Doctrine?
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How did everything under the sun get lumped under "Castle Doctrine"? Abolition of the duty to retreat? Castle Doctrine. Civil immunity? Castle Doctrine. Modification of sales tax to exclude the interstate sale of ferrets? Castle Doctrine.
Castle Doctrine is a narrow exception to the general duty to retreat in those few remaining states where one has a duty to retreat before using deadly force. Its roots go back to Lord Coke in 1644 (however there are similar phrases, "a man's home is his castle", that go back to Rome).
How did civil immunity become "Castle Doctrine"? I have a headache.