Ohio Governor Wants Warrants Added To Background Check Data

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Posted August 29, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

As we continue to discuss gun control and gun rights, people are floating every manner of idea they can manufacture. Everyone in power appears to be desperate to come up with something that will let them tell their constituents that they’re “doing something” on mass shootings. The trick for them is to balance that with other concerns of their constituents.

For some, it’s all about gun control.

Others are trying something else. For example, the governor of Ohio wants a tweak to what’s included in NICS.

Ohio should start requiring that certain protection orders and arrest warrants for top-tier, violent crimes be entered into background check systems that help notify law enforcement and gun sellers about potentially dangerous people, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday.

He said critical information doesn’t make it into those state and federal systems, which can make it harder for officers and gun dealers to know when they’re dealing with people who might be a concern.

DeWine said Ohio is starting work to create a simple, digital, state-funded system for police and courts to add information about warrants and protection orders to the background check systems, and he’ll ask lawmakers to make it mandatory.

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