Prosecutors around Ohio and the Fraternal Order of Police are not too happy about a controversial law that changes Ohio’s “stand your ground” policy.
Signed by Gov. Mike DeWine at the beginning of the year, it expands the use of firearms in self-defense anywhere someone has the right to be and not just in one’s home or vehicle.
Senate Bill 175 expanded the criteria for when a person can use a firearm in self-defense without retreating. The prior stand-your-ground law involved threats in a home or vehicle.
Whether a person could retreat from the situation can no longer be a legal determination of whether force could be used to prevent injury or loss, or risk to life.
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Photo illustration / R. Michael Semple
A Niles man demonstrates how he would use his sidearm to defend his home. Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this year signed into law legislation that expands the âstand your groundâ law, which allows the use of firearms in self-defense anywhere someone has the right to be and not just in oneâs home or vehicle.
Prosecutors around Ohio and the Fraternal Order of Police are not too happy about a controversial law that changes Ohio’s “stand your ground” policy.
Signed by Gov. Mike DeWine at the beginning of the year, it expands the use of firearms in self-defense anywhere someone has the right to be and not just in one’s home or vehicle.