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Tom Rinehart, manager of Precision Shooting in Austintown, holds a Ruger AR-556 rifle at his store.
Tom Rinehart, manager of Precision Shooting, an Austintown gun store, says President Joe Biden’s gun-control executive orders are an “overreach” by the government and won’t stop violence.
“The bad guy doesn’t buy a gun at a gun store,” he said. “You could put all sorts of restrictions in place, but it still isn’t going to stop the guy bound and determined to commit a crime.”
Biden issued executive orders Thursday that include requiring “ghost guns,” which are homemade guns built from a kit, to be treated as firearms that mandate serial numbers and background checks on buyers.
Tom Rinehart, manager of Precision Shooting in Austintown, holds a Ruger AR-556 rifle at his store. Rinehart opposes President Joe Bidenâs executive orders regarding gun control. âThe bad guy doesnât buy a gun at a gun store,â he said.
Staff photo / David Skolnick Tom Rinehart, manager of Precision Shooting, an Austintown gun store, says President Joe Biden’s gun-control executive orders are an “overreach” by the government and won’t stop violence.
“The bad guy doesn’t buy a gun at a gun store,” he said. “You could put all sorts of restrictions in place, but it still isn’t going to stop the guy bound and determined to commit a crime.”
Prosecutors around Ohio and the Fraternal Order of Police are not too happy about a controversial law that changes Ohio’s “stand your ground” policy.
Signed by Gov. Mike DeWine at the beginning of the year, it expands the use of firearms in self-defense anywhere someone has the right to be and not just in one’s home or vehicle.
Senate Bill 175 expanded the criteria for when a person can use a firearm in self-defense without retreating. The prior stand-your-ground law involved threats in a home or vehicle.
Whether a person could retreat from the situation can no longer be a legal determination of whether force could be used to prevent injury or loss, or risk to life.
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Photo illustration / R. Michael Semple
A Niles man demonstrates how he would use his sidearm to defend his home. Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this year signed into law legislation that expands the âstand your groundâ law, which allows the use of firearms in self-defense anywhere someone has the right to be and not just in oneâs home or vehicle.
Prosecutors around Ohio and the Fraternal Order of Police are not too happy about a controversial law that changes Ohio’s “stand your ground” policy.
Signed by Gov. Mike DeWine at the beginning of the year, it expands the use of firearms in self-defense anywhere someone has the right to be and not just in one’s home or vehicle.