Can Ohio’s lethal love affair with guns get any worse? Yes, it can: Brent Larkin

DeWine on gun policy

Gov. Mike DeWine speaks in Columbus on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, about his proposed gun-law revisions as he backed off many of the legislative proposals he’d made to address gun violence following the August 2019 mass shooting in Dayton. (Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com) Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND -- An accident of birth has put at needless risk the lives of nearly 1.4 million of this state’s most precious assets - its children under the age of 10.

The accident is living in Ohio, a decision beyond their control. That’s because Ohio ranks 33rd among the states in acting to prevent gun violence.

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