[image-1]Carrying a gun on college campuses? Sure, why not. Places of worship? Not a problem. Child day care centers? Of course.
And why stop there?
A recent bill in Ohio, House Bill 48, would allow concealed carry in those places and more, including certain airport terminals and some governmental buildings in the state of Ohio. The bill, which is expected to be voted on in the Ohio Senate this week, was introduced in early 2015 by Rep. Ron Maag, R-Lebanon, and passed in the Ohio House by a 68-29 margin last November.
Under the bill, college campuses can still make their own rules and disallow guns on campus, but the bill would make the penalty for carrying more lenient, going from a felony to a simple minor misdemeanor.
Proponents of the bill believe that concealed carry will lead to the prevention of some crimes. There is little basis for this belief, as the studies to show that guns reduce crime have largely been funded by the gun industry. In fact, the majority of studies, including one by Harvard Medical School, show that fewer restrictions on carrying guns actually leads to an increase in violent crime. According to the Center for Disease Control, nine of the top 10 states that had the highest rate of firearm deaths received an “F” grade for their gun laws.
All of this is further complicated by the fact the NRA has had a stranglehold on studying gun violence for decades.
The state bill is opposed by the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police.
If the bill passes in the Ohio Senate, it will then go on to Governor John Kasich for approval, who will then decide whether to be a shill for the gun lobby under the guise of safety or to keep Ohioans away from guns in places they are currently banned.
This article appears in Dec 7-13, 2016.
Ohioans won’t truly be free until they are allowed to own tanks, bazookas and anti-aircraft batteries — as John Cale artfully sang so many years ago…..My rifle is my friend / My rifle is my friend / I clean my rifle everyday / I clean my rifle everyday / That’s why my rifle is my friend / Ready for war, ready for war.
Pee Yellow Journalism at it’s finest. Do some fact checking on sources sometime, it would be refreshing. The “studies” you site, including Harvard’s were debunked garbage.
I absolutely hope this passes.
I believe both of the studies mentioned were funded by anti-gun people, not an impartial honest
study. Also how can the NRA or anyone else keep someone from looking up facts and figures?
These people start out with an answer and then put in the figures to back that answer. That is not
a study, it is a hack job.
I just want to fire all of these idots. Why do we pay them??? Fire them all. They suck.
Oh, and John Kasich just announced yesterday Ohio is going into a recession. Congratulations all of you fools who voted for him and his band of thieves in the all of the other state offices.
Someone on the comments said that the Harvard study on gun violence was debunked. So, I did some checking, and this claim isn’t true. In order for something to be debunked in the scientific community it must appear in a reputable journal. However, I did come across some articles refuting wth Harvard study. A few were of the articles were done by economists. That’s like going to a banker and asking him to fix you car. You need other scientists to confirm or debunk a theory. The other “debunking” articles were written by Crime Prevention Research Center. That sounds pretty professional on the surface, and it had me fooled too. But I did some digging. It is just a lobbying group for pro-gun ownership. All scientific papers should be reviewed, and I am not making any statements about gun violence on this post. But, it is misleading to say the Harvard study is not valid and worth looking into more. What I mean by that is more scientific funded research.