Ohio Governor Will Roll Out Gun Control Measures On Monday

By Cam Edwards

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will officially release the legislative language for several gun control proposals on Monday, including a “red flag” law as well as expanding the background check requirements for firearms transfers in Ohio, but it remains to be seen if any of the governor’s proposals can muster the support they need to pass out of the legislature. The Republican-dominated House and Senate are not rubber stamps for any of the governor’s proposals, and in fact lawmakers have already introduced several alternatives to DeWine’s legislation.

Meanwhile, gun control advocates are already complaining that the proposals likely won’t go far enough to satisfy them.

Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence Founder Toby Hoover said stronger background checks will save lives and expanded access to mental health treatment is a much needed step.

But she cautioned the DeWine administration against “the overemphasis on extending criminal penalties, allowing those deemed possibly suicidal or homicidal to keep their guns until hearings three days later, and mandatory institutionalization that further stigmatizes mental illness.”

This is a fascinating quote by Hoover. How is it, for instance, that institutionalizing someone in a mental health crisis “stigmatizes mental illness”, but calling someone dangerous, taking their guns, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms