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>> the taking of a home an life is the last resort. and whether there's a duty to retreat or not, the first step in a self-defense test is always, do you have an alternative way out of this situation? it could be pressing an alarm button, using a taser, pepper spray, anything. it's not a physical retreat that's key. that's only the first step in the self-defense case, can you avoid taking the human life? >> have you ever thought you could reduce the taking of a human life if you reduce the number of guns? >> certainly as a prosecutor, someone who has been a court appointed lawyer in rapes, kid...

Should have a duty to retreat? >> the taking of a home an life is the last resort. and whether there's a duty to retreat or not, the first step in a self-defense test is always, do you have an alternative way out of this situation? it could be pressing an alarm button, using a taser, pepper spray, anything. it's not a physical retreat that's key. that's only the first step in the self-defense case, can you avoid taking the human life? >> have you ever thought you could reduce the taking of a human life if you reduce the number of guns? >> certainly as a prosecutor, someone who has been a court...

Have a duty retrieve its laws until the 1920s and 1930s, we looked at it extensively, in many court cases throughout the united states. it's only then that some states start to introduce a duty to retreat, and at the point that someone's on top of you, pummelling you into the ground, there's no option to retreat. whether it's stand your ground or whether it's a state that doesn't have stand your ground and has a duty to retreat, it just doesn't make a difference. >> you don't think there should ever be a situation where you should have a duty to retreat? >> the taking of a home an life is the ...

Scared. you don't want to make these people madder than they already are. you buck them, they will shoot you. >> when the gunman looks away for an instant, wallace moves toward the front counter where the store's silent alarm is. >> that's when i start easing over to get behind the counter. he grabbed ahold of my shirt and hit me with the gun like a blunt force hit. that's when i went down. >> wallace is knocked out cold but one of the cashiers had better luck reaching the alarm. >> the little girl on the cash register, we call her little red. going down on the floor, she hit the alarm button ...

>> the men immediately split up. one guards the door. another makes a beeline for the back of the store, while the third heads straight for wallace. >> he come up to me, told me to get on the floor. i'll be honest with you, i was scared. you don't want to make these people madder than they already are. you buck them, they will shoot you. >> when the gunman looks away for an instant, wallace moves toward the front counter where the store's silent alarm is. >> that's when i start easing over to get behind the counter. he grabbed ahold of my shirt and hit me with the gun like a blunt force hit. t...