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The gun homicide rate in Cuyahoga County is more than twice the state average. A new season of the podcast “Living for We” explores solutions to the epidemic.

Attempts to attach an amendment to ban the federal government from using local and state police entities to enforce national firearms laws in Ohio failed.

Joel Shenk is a part of a national movement to forge donated firearms into tools for cultivation.

The Ohio School Safety Center is upgrading its equipment. The center will operate “shoot houses” so school staff armed with guns can practice facing an active shooter.

Faith leaders across Ohio are making gun violence prevention a vital part of their ministry.

One bill would provide a tax credit for donations to so-called “pregnancy distress centers” in Ohio, and the other would ban cities from keeping a list of guns and gun owners.

Democrats in the Ohio Senate say some bills they have proposed to curb gun violence are bipartisan and should be passed into law.

When state lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break, the House could take up a bill that further expands gun rights in Ohio, by allowing people to carry weapons into buildings that have courtrooms in them, but not when court is in session.

Democratic state lawmakers, Columbus city leaders and activists for gun reforms say gun policies passed by the Ohio Legislature are making cities less safe.

The bill contends owning guns is a Second Amendment right, so the weapons shouldn't be taxed.