On April 10th, the Ohio state Senate Judiciary Committee and the state House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee
will be holding the fourth hearings to accept proponent/opponent
testimony on Senate Bill 180 and Substitute House Bill 228
respectively. These bills will improve the ability of law-abiding
citizens to defend themselves in Ohio. Please contact committee members and urge them to SUPPORT SB 180 and Sub. HB 228. Click the “Take Action” button to contact committee members.
Senate Bill 180, sponsored by state Senators Joe Uecker (R-14) and Jay Hottinger (R-31), and Substitute House Bill 228,
sponsored by state Representatives Terry Johnson (R-90) and Sarah
LaTourette (R-76), would expand circumstances under which a person has
no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense. Further, these
bills would shift the burden of proof to the state, so the state would
have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a person charged with an
offense that involved the use of force against another, did not use that
force in self-defense.
SB 180 would also reduce certain concealed
handgun offenses to minor misdemeanors and eliminate the mandatory
posting of signs that warn against the conveyance of a deadly weapon
onto specified premises.
In addition, Sub. HB 228 would:
Again, please click the “Take Action” button to contact Senate Judiciary Committee members and urge them to SUPPORT SB 180 and the House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee to SUPPORT Sub. HB 228.
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