Over 1,000 Ohioans are killed by gun violence each year.
What should we do? Violence prevention is everyone's business.
Ohio must stop gun sales to criminals
• Close loopholes that allow 40% of guns purchased in Ohio to be from unlicensed dealers, without the instant background checks required by the Brady Law.
• Pass a one-gun-a-month law to prevent the illegal practice of secondary gun sales to criminals.
• Mandate the registration of all handguns: handguns are used in 3/4 of firearm deaths and the public overwhelmingly supports handgun licensing and registration. See the results of this independent poll.
Read more on stopping gun sales to criminals.
Ohio must start protecting its citizens
• Keep guns out of the hands of children with a juvenile possession law and child access prevention law.
• Ban Assault Weapons and Saturday Night Specials useful only for criminals, including "cop-killer" bullets and high-capacity clips.
• Encourage safe storage of guns, including passing a childproof gun law.
• Continue to allow local governments to pass tough gun violence prevention laws.
• End the unpopular "concealed carry" law that allows Ohioans to carry loaded, hidden guns.
Ohio Does NOT Have:
Juvenile possession law
Child access prevention (CAP) law
Record of sale law
Registration law
Licensing / permit to purchase law
Secondary / private sales law
State ban on Saturday night specials
State ban on assault weapons
One-gun-a-month law
Mandatory waiting period to purchase
Ballistics law
Childproof gun law
Law to close the gun show loophole
Get the facts on gun violence in Ohio.
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