Ohio’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Measure To Get Vote, Kasich Vows To Veto

By Tom Knighton

While Stand Your Ground laws get a bad rap, the truth is that they save lives. When armed citizens know they’re not required to run away from an attack and can act to save their own life or another, they can make faster decisions and act more decisively. Quick, aggressive action is the key to winning most violent confrontations, after all.

In Ohio, a bill that will put Stand Your Ground laws on the books will soon be coming up for a vote.

A controversial ‘Stand Your Ground’ gun bill will likely get a floor vote in the Ohio House next week and even if Gov. John Kasich follows through with his veto promise, there would be enough support to override a veto, said Speaker Ryan Smith, R-Bidwell.

House Bill 228 would give armed Ohioans the right to ‘stand your ground’ when facing a threat in public places such as parks, roads or stores. It would also shift the burden of proof in self-defense cases to the prosecution, which would align Ohio with the vast majority of states.

It is the first pro-gun rights bill to advance to a floor vote since the mass shootings in Parkland, Florida and Santa Fe, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms