Guns

Columbus city leaders are celebrating the ruling, which they say "upholds our constitutional right to home rule."

Black gun ownership dates back to before the country's founding. In "Armed Doesn't Mean Dangerous," photographer Christian K. Lee captures the growing number of Black Americans who own firearms.

The Dayton Police Department won’t renew its ShotsSpotter contract. That contract is set to expire this December, although police say the department will continue to focus on gun crime and working closely with communities.

The mayors invoked not just mass shootings, but also the drumbeat of smaller-scale incidents of gun violence across their cities. The availability of guns made it easy for small disputes to escalate into deadly gunfire, they said.

So far this year, Cleveland police have responded to 495 shootings and 61 homicides, 52 of which are gun-related, according to officials.

The gunshot-detection microphones the Dayton Police Department uses dispatched officers to West Dayton more than 2,200 times over the past two years.

The court decided against a school district's policy of only requiring 24 hours of gun training.

Ohio lawmakers will once again consider a bill to guarantee that state and local governments can’t seize guns or close gun stores or ranges during declared emergencies. This new version comes as Ohio has seen three mass shootings in three days.

Self-professed gun guy Douglas Cooper is a firearms instructor who has concerns about Ohio's new stand your ground law signed recently by Gov. Mike DeWine.

Nan Whaley points to the mass shooting in her city in 2019 as a reminder of gun violence.