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The bill also puts the burden of proof on the prosecution, rather than the citizen, when a person shoots someone and claims self-defense. Some legislators suggested that allows too much latitude for one person to kill another with no one else around and then claim the dead person had threatened them, with no way to disprove it.
A post about the bill on our Ohio Politics Facebook page drew hundreds of comments both for and against the law.
Here are some notable comments:
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