“Lester stated he opened the interior door, and saw a black male approximately 6 feet tall pulling on the exterior storm door handle. But a document filed by police in support of charging Lester indicates that Lester thought he faced a threat. Lester has no listed attorney, and his legal defense is not clear. Lester turned himself in to authorities Tuesday, a day after being charged for shooting Yarl. Last year, Missouri lawmakers considered legislation that would have presumed shooters claiming self-defense were acting reasonably - a measure dubbed the Make Murder Legal Act by a prosecutor opposing it. The McCloskeys eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, but Republican Gov. Louis attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters passing by their home. Though no shots were fired, Missouri’s self-defense laws also were in the spotlight in 2020 when St. Missouri’s law “provides wide latitude for people to use lethal force,” said Robert Spitzer, a professor emeritus of political science at the State University of New York, Cortland, whose research focuses on gun policy and politics and who wrote the book “Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights.” Jay Nixon, a Democrat, to expand the castle doctrine into a broader stand your ground law - applying the no-retreat self-defense to people in “any other location such person has the right to be.” In 2016, Missouri lawmakers overrode the veto of then-Gov. The law “ensures law-abiding Missourians will not be punished when they use force to defend themselves and their family from attacks in their own home or vehicle,” Blunt said in a statement at the time. Matt Blunt, a Republican, enacted the law with fanfare by flying around the state to promote it. The legislation, backed by the National Rifle Association, was passed overwhelmingly by the Republican-led Legislature.
A 2007 Missouri law allows people to use deadly force under certain circumstances, including against someone who “attempts to unlawfully enter a dwelling, residence or vehicle” that is occupied.
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