Ohio is only mere steps away from allowing adults to carry guns in schools with just two hours of hands-on firearm training.
Controversial House Bill 99 has its second hearing in the state Senate Tuesday. The bill already passed the House, despite the overwhelmingly negative testimonies from the public. Normally, bills with this much publicity will have more than two hearings, however — the committee schedule has it listed to be possibly voted on.
"With House Bill 99, we're trying to get schools here in Ohio another option of school safety," the freshman lawmaker said."I think House Bill 99 is a great answer and a great tool for schools here." For context, police get 60 hours of firearm training, with 46 of those hours being at a gun range. School resource officers get the same as police, but an additional 40 hours of training both inside and at the range.
Ohio is now a permitless carry state, which means there will no longer be additional training, background check and a permit for gun owners required to bring a firearm in most places. Permitless carry goes into effect on June 13, 2022. Despite that, the license would still be necessary for schools and for cross-state travel, according to Sexton.
"Our fear is that the Legislature will use this as an excuse to push House Bill 99, which we think is absolutely the wrong approach to take for dealing with gun violence in our schools," Cropper said. This argument and many others were debated in previous News 5 article that you can find by clicking or tapping here.
"I don't think there's any validity in saying that if teachers carry guns in schools that would be able to prevent something like this from happening or even minimize the amount of damage has done for something like this happening," she said."I don't think we have any evidence that supports that."
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