Posted March 27, 2018 9:00 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Idaho’s Republican Gov. Butch Otter has been processing through a stack of legislation on his desk from this session, but took no action on a measure to enshrine SYG protections, instead allowing it to become law without his signature. (Photo: Governor’s office)
Gov. Butch Otter allowed a bill codifying the state’s self-defense guidelines to become law last week over the howls of gun control groups.
The proposal, SB 1313, was popular in the Republican-controlled legislature, passing the House 57-12 and the Senate 29-6 earlier this month before it reached Otter’s desk. The GOP governor did not act on the measure and it became law without Otter’s signature on March 22. Backers argue the bill only clarifies someone’s rights in Idaho to stand their ground in a self-defense encounter and it is backed up by existing case law in the state.
“Idaho has some of the best self-defense laws in the country,” state Sen. Todd Lakey, R-Nampa, told lawmakers during the bill’s trip through the Senate. “These concepts have long been recognized and described in Idaho code, case law and jury instructions.”
The law adds to Idaho’s statutes so-called “Stand Your Ground” principles that clarify a place of business and an occupied vehicle as included

Source: Guns.com

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