Associated Press Mourners gather for a vigil at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio.
Ohio s new Stand Your Ground law goes into effect Tuesday. The measure approved in December removes the duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense.
Gun control advocates say it will make Ohio a more dangerous place to live.
“As these kind of laws have gone into effect, it’s never good news. we don’t have fewer shootings or fewer deaths, they all increase,” says Toby Hoover, the founder of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence.
She points to Florida, where she says gun homicides increased by 32% after their Stand Your Ground went into effect in 2005.
COLUMBUS With President Joe Biden in the White House and Democrats controlling Congress, a GOP lawmaker in Ohio wants to protect gun owners from overreaching federal laws.
Newly elected Rep. Mike Loychik, R-Bazetta, proposed turning Ohio into a Second Amendment sanctuary state, encouraging police not to enforce gun control measures.
Loychik s bill, which has not yet been introduced, would prohibit any tax or fee imposed on firearms but not other goods, any requirement to track firearms or their owners and any ban on law-abiding citizens owning guns. Especially with the current climate and rhetoric at the federal level, the preservation of our second amendment is now more crucial than ever before, Loychik said in a statement.
Why not a parking lot? Why not a shopping mall? Ohio s new gun law expands use of deadly force
Starting in April, Ohioans will have the controversial right to use deadly force in public if they believe their lives are in danger. Itâs the latest of the so-called âstand your groundâ laws passed in the United States, and Gov. Mike DeWine signed it Monday despite previous threats of a veto.
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Starting in April, Ohioans will have the controversial right to use deadly force in public if they believe their lives are in danger. Itâs the latest of the so-called âstand your groundâ laws passed in the United States, and Gov. Mike DeWine signed it Monday despite previous threats of a veto.
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The governor signed the bill Monday after threatening a veto, and months of saying any new gun legislation should include his own proposals for toughening gun laws.
When DeWine proposed his own gun reform plan last year, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley was one of the city leaders who stood beside him. The Democrat has been an outspoken advocate for gun reform since the mass shooting that killed nine people, an injured many more, in her city in 2019.
Whaley says the “Stand your Ground” bill will make communities less safe and disproportionately hurts African Americans.
“What’s really sad is I think the governor knows that and decided political expediency is more important, Whaley says.