The legislature also blocked a set of tougher gun laws — including a background check provision — proposed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after a 2019 mass shooting in Dayton killed nine and wounded ...

While 88% of Ohioans favor mandatory training for concealed carry permits, Ohio lawmakers last year eliminated all training requirements. The legislature also blocked a set of tougher gun laws — ...

Some of the proposals could stop systemic problems, such as court officials' delinquency in adding names to the background-check database. Others would offer little practical change to life in Ohio ...

The problem areas in implementation are incomplete data due to failed reporting, poor definitions of prohibiting events, insufficiently thorough background checks, release of firearms before ...