Over 1,000 Ohioans are killed by gun violence each year.
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.
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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