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Friday, March 14, 2014
Activists campaign against Ohio 'Stand Your Ground'
Mother of Florida shooting victim, Jordan Davis, says Ohio's law is too similar to the one in Florida
by WKSU's STATEHOUSE BUREAU CHIEF KAREN KASLER |
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| Activists have been pushing against a crop of new gun-related bills in Ohio, including one they call a “Stand Your Ground” law. And they invited the mother of a Florida teenager killed in a high-profile shooting to lobby with them. Lucia McBath’s son Jordan Davis was shot in 2012 in a dispute over loud music. McBath says the man accused of shooting him used Florida’s Stand Your Ground law as his defense, and Ohio’s law is similar to it. |
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“I understand completely that it gives immunity to the criminals. It broadens the scope in which they are able to use their guns on innocent victims.”
Opponents have turned in 10,000 signatures asking lawmakers to halt the bill, which passed the House in November with votes from Republicans and Democrats. Supporters say the bill is not like Florida’s law, and while it eliminates the duty to retreat, anyone claiming self-defense would still have to prove the case. |
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