Ohio's Republican governor proposes sweeping background checks on firearm sales in wake of mass shooting.
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is responding to the mass shooting in Dayton by urging the GOP-led state Legislature to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales and allowing courts to restrict firearms access for people perceived as threats.
DeWine on Tuesday says Ohio needs to do more while balancing people’s rights to own firearms and have due process. Conway says the president also usually meets with local and federal law enforcement, medical professionals and other emergency responders.An Ohio lawmaker who took to social media to blame the LGBTQ community, anti-Trump “snowflakes,” legal marijuana and other factors for two mass shootings this weekend is facing pressure to resign, including from the head of her own party.
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