A bill recently introduced in the Iowa House would make sweeping changes to the state's weapons laws. It includes so-called "stand your ground" provisions, which say a law-abiding person does not have a duty to retreat from “any place where the person is lawfully present” before defending oneself with deadly force. It also says a person may be wrong in his or her estimation of danger or about how much force is necessary “as long as there is a reasonable basis for the belief … and the person acts reasonably in response to that belief.”
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