Ohio鈥檚 new 鈥淪tand Your Ground鈥� law went into effect Tuesday, but already a that would gut it.
says he鈥檚 hearing from ordinary Ohioans, as well as business groups, who are discouraged about the law that removes the duty to retreat before firing a gun at someone.
鈥淛oe and Suzanne Buckeye were not pounding on the Statehouse doors, saying 鈥榃e need more extreme firearms legislation,鈥欌�� Miller said.
Miller has introduced a bill that would restore the duty to retreat when using a firearm in self-defense. Until now, someone who fired a gun at another had to prove they were acting in self-defense. The Stand Your Ground law requires the state to prove that someone wasn鈥檛 acting in self-defense.
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