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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Democrats, without any success in recent years, continue to propose legislation to curb gun violence. The latest bill would ban"weapons of mass casualty," or semi-automatic firearms that can or could be adapted to fire more than 31 rounds. Unsurprisingly, the Republicans are sticking to their guns.
Heym is originally from Connecticut but moved in 2015, two and a half years after being traumatized when her daughters were on lockdown during the Sandy Hook massacre. "There is no reason to have guns equipped with magazines that can hold 50, 70, or even 100 rounds," bill sponsor state Rep. Willis E. Blackshear Jr. said."It’s time to take action and ban these weapons so that our communities can be safer."
"I don't think they understand how firearms work," Rob Sexton with the Buckeye Firearms Association said."What House Bill 433 would actually do is ban the possession of a firearm unless the entire national firearms industry redoes its manufacturing practices to somehow ban their ability to accept magazines that are larger," he said.
"Democrats should focus on enforcing existing laws against criminals rather than targeting law-abiding Ohioans by repeatedly trying to restrict or repeal the Second Amendment," Senate President Matt Huffman's spokesperson, John Fortney, said."Speaker Stephens is a big supporter of the Second Amendment, and when it comes to legislation like this, the support in the House just isn't there," spokesperson Pat Melton said.
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