Florida’s Supreme Court will review its controversial “Stand Your Ground” law and consider even extending the protections of the law, which came to national attention in 2012 in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin that sparked nationwide protests.

An appeal before the court would actually make it easier for gun users to defend themselves under the law, shifting the burden of proof and not requiring gun owners to prove self-defense when they brandish a weapon, according to Reuters.

The case stems from Jared Bretherick’s aggravated assault charges when he pointed a pistol at a man during a road-rage incident. If the high court sides with him, prosecutors would have to show that the defendant didn’t act in self defense.

The law, which was passed in 2005, allows people to use deadly force with a gun when they feel reasonably threatened.

In this case, police say Bretherick was riding with his family in December 2011 near Orlando when a vehicle nearly ran them off the road. The man driving the vehicle, Derek Dunning, allegedly cut them off and then stopped his SUV in front of them. Police say that Dunning jumped out of the car, prompting the driver of Bretherick’s car, Ronald Bretherick, to call 911 and show the man his holstered gun.

Dunning went back to his car, police say, but then backed it toward them, prompting Jared Bretherick to take the gun from his father and stand beside the vehicle, pointing it at Dunning’s car until authorities arrived. No shots were fired in the incident, and Bretherick said Dunning had claimed to have a gun, although police found that he did not, and charged Bretherick with aggravated assault.

Bretherick argued that he was protecting his disabled veteran father and should not have been charged.

Initially, a judge denied Bretherick protection under “Stand Your Ground” in June 2012 as Dunning had not committed a violent crime and even went back to his vehicle, but Bretherick appealed the mandatory three-year sentence.

“Stand Your Ground” came to notoriety with the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, although the law was not invoked in that case.