Gun Violence Prevention Organization Responds To Cincinnati Shooting At A Gender Reveal Party
July 10, 2017 — Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Navy combat veteran and NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, and the Ohio Coalition for Common Sense responded to yesterday’s shooting at a Cincinnati, Ohio gender reveal party that left one woman dead and eight other people injured, including the expectant mother and three children.
The shooting comes less than a week after the Ohio Legislature advanced a dangerous new bill (HB 233) that would make it easier for dangerous people to carry firearms in more places.
Ron Soeder, President of the Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland, and Advisory Committee member of the Ohio Coalition for Common Sense:
About The Ohio Coalition For Common Sense:
The coalition’s members – which include gun owners, veterans, law enforcement officials, domestic violence prevention advocates, educators, and business leaders – are urging their elected officials to advance policies that help keep guns out of the wrong hands and prevent gun tragedies while protecting the rights of law-abiding Americans to own firearms. The Ohio Coalition for Common Sense is fighting for solutions that will help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people by opposing irresponsible new laws in Ohio like HB 233 that decriminalizes carrying a firearm in many public places, including bars, courthouses, airport terminals, university and college campuses and even school safety zones.
About Gun Violence In Ohio:
- In recent years, Ohio has lost an average of 1,300 Ohioans to gun violence per year—that’s more than three a day—along with an even greater number of nonfatal shootings. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
- In 2015 alone, Ohio tallied 484 gun homicides, 861 gun suicides, and many more gun-related injuries. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] [WLWT News]
- Guns are the second leading cause of injury death in Ohio [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
About Ohio’s Gun laws:
Ohio has some of the poorest gun laws in the nation, regularly scoring a D in the Law Center’s annual Gun Law State Scorecard. It fails to require background checks for private sales, does not require gun dealers to obtain a state license and provide local governments with the discretion to deny concealed weapons permits. Learn more about gun laws in Ohio, here.