CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio law generally prevents cities from adopting firearm regulations stricter than state law, leaving local governments to rely on grants, voluntary firearm-storage programs and violence-intervention services.
Cleveland, Columbus, Akron and Toledo illustrate what municipalities can do under the current framework. Two Statehouse bills would move local authority in opposite directions, but neither has become law.
These are five takeaways from the original article, which examined how Ohio cities are responding to firearm violence while state law limits their regulatory power…