Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bill loosening gun laws in Ohio by allowing firearms in some government buildings may have a significant loophole that hurts domestic violence survivors, a News 5 analysis discovered.
"In many of our smaller communities, good stewardship of taxpayer dollars often means a single multi-purpose city or village hall," Mathews said in testimony for the bill."This city hall may house the tax department, electric department, council chambers, and a room that is sometimes a courtroom." Not only would this allow some people, most likely in rural areas that have smaller government, to bring guns to city council sessions — but it could have a greater impact on court cases, according to Lou Tobin with the Prosecuting Attorneys Association.,News 5 identified a possible loophole in the bill that could allow individuals to carry firearms into actual courthouses — not just buildings that hold court.
"You could have somebody who shows up a couple of hours before courts in session or even just showing up when other stuff is going on – like mediation," he said. "You're having to confront them in a way, see them face to face and it might be the first time since the abusive incident that they're seeing them," she said.
All of this could lead to stress and intimidation at the least, she said. Firearms around the court could cut the victims' safety net of being protected from a gun before and after a hearing, she added.
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