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After mass shootings, gun policy low on priority list at Ohio Statehouse
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — To close out June and kick off summer recess, state lawmakers took dozens of votes in a 12-hour marathon session Wednesday. Most of Ohio’s… Read More
![Guns are displayed at a gun store in Columbus, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snbgun-e1715282775313-900x422.png)
Republicans once again propose bill to crack down on repeat gun crime offenders in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Republican lawmakers have proposed some new regulations related to guns – but not targeted at the weapons themselves, but people who have them… Read More
![A close-up of a gun being held by someone in a gun store.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pbsgun-e1713036683390-900x422.png)
Biden moves to close ‘gun show loophole’ and expand background checks for gun buyers
By: PBS Newshour
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The Biden administration is issuing a rule designed to close a gap that allows gun buyers to avoid background checks. The move will end the so-called “gun show loophole” and… Read More
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Biden wants to boost background checks on gun buyers. But it’s hard without Congress
By: Deepa Shivaram | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — President Biden will sign a new executive order on Tuesday during a visit to Monterey Park, Calif., that the White House says could boost the number of… Read More
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A bipartisan group of senators announces a deal for school safety and gun measures
By: Kelsey Snell | NPR
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Updated June 12, 2022 at 8:57 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators say they have reached a deal on a package of safety and… Read More
![Jim Salzman, Board Member of Hilltop Gun Club, shows WOUB Reporter Lexi Lepof how to safely handle a concealed carry weapon.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lepof_featured_image_3-21-900x422.jpg)
Athens-area gun activists and city officials react to Ohio’s new permitless concealed carry gun law
By: Lexi Lepof
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https://youtu.be/WEaHKQ3BdpY ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Jim Salzman, a board member of Hilltop Gun Club, is just one example of second amendment activists who think Ohio’s new gun legislation goes too… Read More
![The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ap_21112833594507-b20e5d0fc0cfc78e7a22ff5777a9069b4325f045-scaled-e1619449694422-900x422.jpg)
Supreme Court To Take Up First Major Gun Rights Case In More Than A Decade
By: Scott Neuman I NPR
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At issue is how much the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to carry concealed weapons outside their home for self-defense. The case will likely be argued in the fall.
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Gun Bill To Be Considered During Ohio’s Lame Duck Session
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers were supposed to take up a controversial gun bill this week that would have allowed concealed weapons in more places and expanded… Read More
![Student activists from around Ohio rallied at the Statehouse against gun laws two years ago, in March 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/student_activists_at_ohio_statehouse-e1595345143763-900x422.jpg)
Gun Control Group Opposes Bill That Cuts Training Requirements For Armed Teachers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that would give Ohio’s local school boards the power to allow employees to carry guns in school buildings gets its first Senate hearing… Read More
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Cities Challenging New State Law on Guns
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio cities challenging a new state law that they say infringes on their ability to regulate firearms are ready for their day in court. The cities are… Read More
![National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre speaks at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis in April.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ap_19117549787994-ab36113972d7fda14545f25cbf30fc7bc88b1a27-e1569608262511-900x422.jpg)
NRA Was ‘Foreign Asset’ To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals
By: Tim Mak | NPR
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Emails and interviews detail the extent to which the National Rifle Association helped two of Moscow’s agents ahead of the election, Senate Finance Committee Democrats say.
![On April 25, 1999, a memorial service for the victims of the Columbine High School shooting Littleton, Colo.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ap_19102701839804-9039fd4bc8dbdab63086ea4080374ff964940d53-e1555848695651-900x422.jpg)
20 Years On, The Background Check System Continues To Miss Dangerous Gun Buyers
By: Brakkton Booker | NPR
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Mere months before the shooting at Columbine High School, the federal government established a background check system to screen gun buyers but shootings haven’t waned.
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Stand Your Ground, Red Flag Law Both On Table For 2019
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina) said he’s open to discussing two high-profile gun laws when the General Assembly returns next year, the “Stand Your Ground” bill and the “red… Read More