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Ohio House advances broad 'stand your ground' bill
Source: Reuters
Ohio House advances broad 'stand your ground' bill
BY KIM PALMER
CLEVELAND Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:11pm EST
(Reuters) - Ohio's state House approved a broad "stand your ground" measure on Wednesday that would grant gun owners wider latitude to use their weapons to defend themselves.
Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House voted 62-27 to advance the bill to the state Senate.
If it eventually becomes law, Ohio would join at least 22 other U.S. states that have a version of the law, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The 2012 Florida shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager, by George Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watchman, sparked a national debate over similar "stand your ground" laws. Zimmerman was acquitted at trial.
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BY KIM PALMER
CLEVELAND Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:11pm EST
(Reuters) - Ohio's state House approved a broad "stand your ground" measure on Wednesday that would grant gun owners wider latitude to use their weapons to defend themselves.
Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House voted 62-27 to advance the bill to the state Senate.
If it eventually becomes law, Ohio would join at least 22 other U.S. states that have a version of the law, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The 2012 Florida shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager, by George Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watchman, sparked a national debate over similar "stand your ground" laws. Zimmerman was acquitted at trial.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-usa-guns-ohio-idUSBRE9AK04V20131121