The cities of Dayton and Columbus as well as Everytown For Gun Safety settled a four years-long court battle this week with the state of Ohio over the criminal background check system.
Under the settlement, the cities and state officials will work to improve the system’s technology and lobby for more accountability among reporting agencies The program is a well-known protection to ensure people with a serious criminal convictions aren’t able to purchase a firearm, but it’s also used to ensure they aren’t hired to a position of trust, like a teacher or police officer.
“We all share a responsibility to do everything we can to make sure that those prohibited from purchasing guns are unable to walk out of a gun store with a firearm,” Everytown Executive Director Eric Tirschwell argued in a press release announcing the agreement. But attorneys for the cities warned that the success of agreed-upon changes hinges in part on cooperation from state lawmakers. And Dayton law director Barbara Doseck added, despite Ohio’s home rule provisions, local governments remain powerless to pass their own firearm restrictions.
The parties on both sides of the case agreed that an electronic reporting system is best, but that getting agencies’ information systems on the same page will require funding. To that end, they agreed to seek grant funding to help cover the cost of updating technology and to establish a grant advisory committee to figure out which opportunities they should pursue.
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