A New Approach To Background Checks, “Red Flag” From Ohio Governor

By Cam Edwards

With a backdrop of law enforcement, health advocates, mass shooting survivors, gun owners, politicians, and others consulted by his team over the last two months, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine unveiled a 17-point public safety plan that he says can get approved by the legislature and save lives.

I will say this first and foremost; the presentation by Governor Mike DeWine today was the most thoughtful and thorough I’ve seen from a politician in the months since the shootings in El Paso and Dayton reignited the gun control debate. There’s much to support in the governor’s language, but what’s most interesting to me is the approach taken to the most controversial portions of the bill; the “red flag” and background check proposal. Both are worth serious consideration, if for no other reason that unlike most gun control bills, these proposals were put together with a sincere mind towards protecting the rights of gun owners, not trying to eradicate them. Already the mainstream media in Ohio is calling it a “retreat” from the governor’s earlier positions, when it seems to me that DeWine is at least trying to do something that works, instead of just “doing something.”

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