Guns

According to the Northeast Ohio U.S. Attorney, more than half of unintentional firearm deaths among children and adolescents happened in their own homes. We'll discuss how to keep guns safely locked up and out of harm's way.

An Akron police officer shot and injured the teen on April 1, after police got a call that a Black male was pointing a gun at houses.

Parma City School District's Board of Education voted unanimously last week to allow trained staff to carry guns on school property, roughly a year after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law allowing school districts to adopt policies to do so.

At issue is a 1994 amendment to the Federal Firearms Act that prohibits those who are actively subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms.

Smart guns have mainly been the stuff of movies. In the real world, technological and political challenges have meant the high-tech devices haven't become a reality. That may be about to change.

Staff at Streetsboro City Schools will be able to carry firearms in school buildings after the Board of Education approved a resolution last week.

A Trump administration ban on the devices, which enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull, was struck down by a federal appeals court.

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.