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Bill Would Gut Ohio's New "Stand Your Ground" Law

guns in a case at Columbus gun store
Dan Konik
guns in a case at Columbus gun store

Ohio’s new “Stand Your Ground” law goes into effect tomorrow (Tuesday 4-6-21) but already, a bill has been introduced at the Statehouse that would gut it. 

State Rep Adam Miller (D-Columbus) says he’s hearing from ordinary Ohioans as well as business groups that are discouraged about the law that removes the duty to retreat before firing a gun at someone. 

“Joe and Suzanne Buckeye were not pounding on the Statehouse doors, saying ‘We need more extreme firearms legislation,’”  Miller says.

Miller has introduced a bill that would restore the duty to retreat when using a firearm in self-defense. 

Contact Jo Ingles at jingles@statehousenews.org.
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