Ohio lawmakers approve ‘stand your ground’ bill: The Wake Up for Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com
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Stand your ground: Ohio lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a controversial “stand your ground” bill that would eliminate any “duty to retreat” before using force in self-defense, despite sharp criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. Jeremy Pelzer reports that the Republican-sponsored bill now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine, who said earlier this week that lawmakers shouldn’t send him any bills loosening gun restrictions until they first pass a package of gun reforms he proposed in