{"id":66570,"date":"2021-04-07T13:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=66570"},"modified":"2021-04-07T13:17:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:17:48","slug":"66570","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=66570","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few more states than those listed in the article have quite strong SYG laws.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox19.com\/2021\/04\/06\/ohios-new-stand-your-ground-self-defense-law-takes-effect-tuesday-what-you-need-know\/\">Ohio\u2019s new \u2018Stand Your Ground\u2019 self-defense law takes effect Tuesday. What you need to know:<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>CINCINNATI (FOX19) &#8211; Ohio\u2019s new \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d self-defense law takes effect Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>It removes the duty to retreat before using deadly force in public, not just inside their homes and vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>A person must be in fear for their life or serious injury, have the legal right to be where they are and explain why it happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>They cannot be the instigator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>In cases where there is evidence to suggest that a person used force in self-defense, the burden will now be on prosecutors to prove otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>The new law does not otherwise change the circumstances in which deadly force can be used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>Several other states have adopted stand your ground laws including Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina and Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few more states than those listed in the article have quite strong SYG laws. Ohio\u2019s new \u2018Stand Your Ground\u2019 self-defense law takes effect Tuesday. What you need to know: CINCINNATI (FOX19) &#8211; Ohio\u2019s new \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d self-defense law takes effect Tuesday. It removes the duty to retreat before using deadly force in public, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=66570\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66571,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66570\/revisions\/66571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}