Gov. Mike DeWine鈥檚 gun plan calls for using the so-called 鈥減ink slip鈥� process to separate people thought to be dangerous from their guns. But a top lawmaker is questioning that approach.
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) says many Republicans in the House don鈥檛 think reducing gun access is necessarily going to deal with the gun violence problem.
鈥淲e really are going to focus on the human being side of it, those people who are potential killers, not so much the instrument they might use, whether it be an automobile, a firearm, a knife or a bomb," Householder says.
Householder says he鈥檚 focused on a bill already proposed by two Republican lawmakers that would add substance abuse to the 鈥減ink slip鈥� law allowing people to be involuntarily hospitalized in psychiatric facilities. DeWine鈥檚 plan would also require those people to surrender any weapons they have.
The mass shooting in Dayton in August that killed 11, including the gunman, and injured more than two dozen has put a spotlight on gun reform. Democrats are pushing for even tougher legislative remedies but those are unlikely to get much traction in the Republican dominated Ohio Legislature.
