Helder Faria/Getty Images(OHIO) Legislation that incentivizes gun owners in Ohio to secure their weapons is getting major support from gun control advocates and gun rights groups alike.
One of the bill s sponsors told ABC News that he hopes that it can spur a bigger discussion both in the state and country on safe storage and safety protections for firearms.
Ohio s HB 186, which was introduced in the state s House of Representatives in May, would waive the state s 5.75% sales and use tax on firearm safety devices.
State Rep. Darnell T. Brewer, who co-sponsored the bill, told ABC News that sales tax exemption would apply to numerous products already being sold in firearm shops from as low as a $30 gun lock to as high as $800 for storage lockers with biometric locks.
"It s a little nudge and urge to gun owners to lock up and secure their guns," he said.
HB 186 defines a "firearm safety device" as "A device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to
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