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Ohio gets closer to allowing adults to carry guns in schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is just mere steps away from permitting adults to hold weapons in faculties with simply two hours of hands-on firearm coaching.
Controversial Home Invoice 99 has its second listening to within the state Senate Tuesday. The invoice already handed the Home, regardless of the overwhelmingly detrimental testimonies from the general public. Usually, payments with this a lot publicity may have greater than two hearings, nonetheless — the committee schedule has it listed to be probably voted on.
It has been nearly one week because the horrific mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas. The bloodbath the place 19 kids and two academics had been killed has put a highlight on Ohio’s gun legal guidelines.
A Information 5 evaluation confirmed Ohio legislators are at present contemplating almost 30 payments relating to firearm entry. There are 29 in complete — 13 Republican-proposed, and 16 Democrat-proposed.
The overview:
- Republican payments broaden gun rights, Democratic ones put ahead security rules.
- Republican payments get heard, Democratic ones do not.
- Just one Democratic invoice was heard in committee. It obtained one listening to greater than a 12 months in the past.
- All however one Republican invoice had quite a few hearings, apart from a void invoice that did not should be heard with the passage of SB 215, permitless carry. The unheard invoice is new, referred to committee on Might 17, however will most definitely proceed the development of getting a listening to.
Listed here are the gun legal guidelines in Ohio your legislators are contemplating this Normal Meeting
State Rep. Thomas Corridor, a Republican from Madison Township, informed Information 5 that his invoice might have helped forestall it.
“With Home Invoice 99, we’re attempting to get faculties right here in Ohio another choice of faculty security,” the freshman lawmaker stated. “I feel Home Invoice 99 is a good reply and an awesome software for faculties right here.”
After a faculty taking pictures in 2016, a district in Southwest Ohio determined to permit a few of its academics to be armed. Madison Junior/Senior Excessive Faculty dad and mom sued and the Ohio Supreme Courtroom sided with them, saying state regulation says academics should have intensive peace officer coaching (Peace Officer Primary Coaching Academy that’s accredited by the Ohio Peace Officer Coaching Fee, or OPOTC) or 20 years of expertise as a peace officer.
The 2016 taking pictures occurred in Madison Township, the identical district that Corridor represents. His new invoice would problem the 2021 Gabbard v. Madison Native Faculty Dist. Bd. of Edn ruling.
“The Ohio Supreme Courtroom made a horrible authorized determination that may mandate that anybody who was armed to guard youngsters in faculties must have the identical actual coaching as a police officer, which, in fact, entails coaching far past something that has to do with the college,” Rob Sexton, legislative affairs director for Buckeye Firearm Affiliation, stated.
For context, police get 60 hours of firearm coaching, with 46 of these hours being at a gun vary. Faculty useful resource officers get the identical as police, however an extra 40 hours of coaching each inside and on the vary.
Beforehand, armed academics must develop into peace officers with greater than 700 hours on common of academic programs and firearm coaching. H.B. 99 would make it considerably simpler for adults in faculties to hold weapons, loosening the rules by about 95%.
The invoice would permit any grownup in a faculty to hold a firearm with simply two hours of hands-on coaching. Somebody would solely be required to finish 20 hours of coaching. Solely two of these hours will the person be holding or working towards with the gun.
Technically, there is no such thing as a express path that an 18-year-old scholar cannot carry a gun — however that’s as a result of hid firearms allow can solely be given to these 21 and older. Within the very uncommon probability that there’s a 21-year-old scholar in highschool, nonetheless, it’s attainable they might deliver a gun.
Ohio is now a permitless carry state, which suggests there’ll now not be extra coaching, background examine and a allow for gun house owners required to deliver a firearm in most locations. Permitless carry goes into impact on June 13, 2022. Regardless of that, the license would nonetheless be needed for faculties and for cross-state journey, in keeping with Sexton.
“The invoice stipulates hid handgun license plus 20 hours, so that may be the usual for coaching for college,” the lobbyist added.
In its early hearings, round 15 supported the invoice, whereas greater than 215 testified in opposition to it. The opponents embody the Ohio Schooling Affiliation (OEA), the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio (FOP) and Ohio Federation of Academics’ Melissa Cropper.
Proposed regulation would permit Ohio academics to hold weapons in faculties with 2 hours of hands-on firearm coaching
“Our concern is that the Legislature will use this as an excuse to push Home Invoice 99, which we expect is totally the incorrect method to take for coping with gun violence in our faculties,” Cropper stated.
The lawmakers who’re pushing for weapons in faculties are those who’re reducing funding for the applications they really want, she stated.
“What we should be doing is doubling down on companies to assist college students take care of social-emotional points, that take care of anger administration, that assist college students with the stress that they’ve of their lives in order that we are able to forestall a few of these conditions from taking place and begin with,” she stated.
Placing the duty of carrying a gun in a faculty on a trainer is not honest. They have already got to try this job, plus work as a counselors, generally be a mother or father and act as a nurse. Having to even be the classroom savior is overwhelming, and one thing that should not be taking place anyway, the educator added.
Faculties want enough funding, Cropper, OEA and FOP stated.
“What value do you need to placed on little one security — with a janitor working round with a firearm?” Michael Weinman, with FOP, stated. “There’s at all times some form of partnership you are able to do with the sheriff’s workplace or native police businesses. You understand the place you’ll be able to share that price and work issues out. There’s been payments you can have a levy particularly for the faculties to have college useful resource officers.”
This argument and lots of others had been debated in earlier Information 5 article that yow will discover by clicking or tapping right here.
The Justice Division is now reviewing the police response to the Uvalde taking pictures. Legislation enforcement officers are going through nationwide scrutiny for allegedly standing exterior for almost an hour with out doing something through the bloodbath.
This helps increase a degree for Corridor and Sexton’s claims that if academics had weapons, they might method the shooter. Cropper stated it could truly do the alternative.
If police aren’t even going into an active-shooter scene, regardless of that being a part of their job description, why ought to educators?
“I do not assume there’s any validity in saying that if academics carry weapons in faculties that may have the ability to forestall one thing like this from taking place and even decrease the quantity of injury has carried out for one thing like this taking place,” she stated. “I do not assume we now have any proof that helps that.”
“The reality of the matter is, when you’ve got an energetic shooter in such a state of affairs, nothing goes to cease energetic shooter earlier than lives are misplaced. We should be extra on the preventative aspect as a substitute of attempting to be weapons with weapons.”
Educators, if accomplished coaching, are allowed to hold weapons in faculties, in keeping with Texas state regulation.
“I imagine Texas does have an armed workers coverage,” Corridor stated. “I have never regarded into that, I do need to look into that within the subsequent few days to see what they’ve.”
Corridor stated if individuals do not just like the invoice, they do not need to have it.
“The invoice will not be for each college in Ohio, that is why we made it a permissive invoice, setting that minimal, however not most quantity of coaching, leaving that as much as the native college boards,” he added.
Nonetheless, it’s unclear what he means by not having a most quantity of coaching. The best way the invoice is written, it states that “the variety of hours of coaching shall not exceed two hours,” when referring to the hands-on firearm coaching. The identical is included with the 18 hours of normal coaching.
One other drawback with the invoice, educators and police stated, is that there is no such thing as a lockbox requirement and there’s nothing within the invoice that addresses what occurs to the gun when the person leaves college.
The invoice may very well be voted out of committee as quickly as Tuesday. If that occurs, the one factor subsequent could be a full Senate vote. The invoice already handed the home, so that is the ultimate stretch.
Observe WEWS statehouse reporter Morgan Trau on Twitter and Fb.
NEW: I have been monitoring HB 99 after a tip it could be heard Tuesday. It JUST appeared on schedule.
It might permit any grownup in a faculty to hold a gun w/ 2-hours of hands-on coaching. There’s a attainable vote on it.
Will probably be heard at 2:30 p.m. within the South Listening to Room. @WEWS pic.twitter.com/IrCmaMBCXt
— Morgan Trau (@MorganTrau) May 30, 2022
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Ohio high school football: Columbus area OHSAA live scores, updates from Week 7
Week 7 of the 2024 high school football season began Thursday night with four Columbus City League games, and continues Friday when six central Ohio teams try to remain unbeaten on the season.
We are covering Grandview Heights (6-0) at Worthington Christian (3-3), Olentangy Liberty (5-1, 1-0 OCC-Central) at Upper Arlington (5-1, 1-0), Westerville North (4-2, 3-0 OCC-Capital) at Westland (5-1, 3-0).
Watch Ohio high school football on NFHS Network
In City League action Thursday night, Africentric visited Marion-Franklin, Independence hosted Briggs, Northland took on Centennial and South visited Eastmoor Academy.
As for tonight, follow along with the action all evening as this live blog grows.
OHSAA scores, updates from Week 7 of Ohio high school football season
Grandview Heights, which like Worthington Christian plays an independent schedule, enters Friday first in the Division VI, Region 23 computer rankings.
Liberty and UA have gone to overtime both of the past two years, with Liberty winning both games. The teams are first and fourth, respectively, in Division I, Region 3, and through one week of OCC-Central play share the league lead with Olentangy Orange.
Westland is a victory from clinching its first winning season since 2006. The Cougars have scored 41 points each of the past three weeks, a contrast to North, which held off crosstown rival Westerville South 3-0 last week.
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Who’s starting for OSU Saturday? Ohio State football projected depth chart vs. Iowa
Ohio State plays its first home Big Ten game of the season on Saturday, facing the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Ohio State will kick off against Iowa at 3:30 p.m. Saturday on CBS.
Here’s what Ohio State’s depth chart is expected to look like Saturday afternoon vs. Iowa.
Ohio State depth chart vs. Iowa
Head coach Ryan Day (Sixth year, 60-8 overall, 40-3 Big Ten)
Projected Ohio State depth chart: Offense
Offensive coordinator: Chip Kelly
Left tackle
- Josh Simmons: 71, 6-foot-5, 310 pounds, senior
- Zen Michalski: 65, 6-foot-6, 319 pounds, senior
Left guard
- Donovan Jackson: 74, 6-foot-4, 320 pounds, senior
- Austin Siereveld: 67, 6-foot-5, sophomore
Center
- Seth McLaughlin: 55, 6-foot-4, 305 pounds, graduate senior
- Carson Hinzman: 51, 6-foot-5, 300 pounds, junior
Right guard
- Tegra Tshabola: 77, 6-foot-6, 327 pounds, junior
- Luke Montgomery: 51, 6-foot-5, 308 pounds, sophomore
Right tackle
- Josh Fryar: 70, 6-foot-5, 320 pounds, senior
- George Fitzpatrick: 68, 6-foot-6, 313 pounds, junior
Quarterback
- Will Howard: 18, 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, graduate senior
- Devin Brown: 33, 6-foot-3, 212 pounds, junior
Running back
- TreVeyon Henderson: 32, 5-foot-10, 208 pounds, senior
- Quinshon Judkins: 1, 6-foot, 219 pounds, junior
Tight end
- Gee Scott Jr.: 88, 6-foot-3, 243 pounds, graduate senior
- Will Kacmarek: 89, 6-foot-6, 260 pounds, senior
Wide receiver
- Carnell Tate: 17, 6-foot-3, 191 pounds, sophomore
- Jayden Ballard: 9, 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, senior
Wide receiver (Slot)
- Emeka Egbuka: 2, 6-foot-1, 205 pounds, graduate senior
- Brandon Inniss: 11, 6-foot, 203 pounds, sophomore
Wide receiver
- Jeremiah Smith: 4, 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, freshman
- Mylan Graham: 5, 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, freshman
Projected Ohio State depth chart: Defense
Defensive coordinator: Jim Knowles
Defensive end
- J.T. Tuimoloau: 44, 6-foot-5, 269 pounds, senior
- Kenyatta Jackson Jr.: 97, 6-foot-6, 258 pounds, junior
Defensive tackle
- Tyleik Williams: 91, 6-foot-3, 327 pounds, senior
- Kayden McDonald: 98, 6-foot-3, 326 pounds, sophomore
Defensive tackle
- Ty Hamilton: 58, 6-foot-3, 295 pounds, senior
- Tywone Malone: 95, 6-foot-4, 301 pounds, senior
Defensive end
- Jack Sawyer: 33, 6-foot-5, 260 pounds, senior
- Caden Curry: 92, 6-foot-3, 260 pounds, junior
Linebacker (Middle)
- Cody Simon: 0, 6-foot-2, 235 pounds, graduate senior
- Gabe Powers: 36, 6-foot-4, 242 pounds, junior
Linebacker (Weak side)
- Sonny Styles: 6, 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, junior
- Arvell Reese : 20, 6-foot-4, 238 pounds, sophomore
Cornerback
- Denzel Burke: 10, 6-foot-1, 193 pounds, senior
- Jermaine Mathews Jr.: 14, 5-foot-11, 189 pounds, sophomore
Cornerback
- Davison Igbinosun: 1, 6-foot-2, 193 pounds, junior
- Calvin Simpson-Hunt: 22, 6-foot, 204 pounds, sophomore
Safety
- Lathan Ransom: 8, 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, senior
- Jayden Bonsu: 21, 6-foot-2, 207 pounds, sophomore
Safety
- Caleb Downs: 2, 6-foot, 205 pounds, sophomore
- Malik Hartford: 25, 6-foot-3, 194 pounds, sophomore
Nickel
- Jordan Hancock: 7, 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, senior
- Lorenzo Styles Jr.: 4, 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, senior
Projected Ohio State depth chart: Special teams
Kicker
- Jayden Fielding: 38, 6-foot, 175 pounds, junior
- Austin Snyder: 98, 5-foot-7, 194 pounds, senior
Punter
- Joe McGuire: 42, 6-foot-2, 212 pounds, sophomore
- Nick McLarty: 19, 6-foot-7, 255 pounds, freshman
Long snapper
- John Ferlmann: 43, 6-foot-2, 228 pounds, senior
- Max Lomonico: 48, 6-foot-3, 212 pounds, senior
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Ohio Lottery Pick 3 Midday, Pick 3 Evening winning numbers for October 3, 2024
The Ohio Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.Here’s a look at October 3, 2024, results for each game:
Pick 3
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 1-7-8
Evening: 6-7-4
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 6-9-9-4
Evening: 5-1-2-6
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 3-2-1-0-7
Evening: 9-8-8-0-5
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Rolling Cash 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 7:05 p.m.
13-14-15-25-31
Check Rolling Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Lucky For Life
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 10:35 p.m.
02-05-29-42-48, Lucky Ball: 18
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