EDITORIAL: 'It’s a governor’s responsibility to lead not just public policy but also public opinion. On that front, Mike DeWine seems to have thrown in the towel – to have accepted the Statehouse status quo. That’s not leadership.'
Gov. Mike DeWine has seemingly surrendered any control over game-changing school- and gun-safety measures to a General Assembly that couldn’t care less.he’ll only fight battles with legislators that he is likely to win
After the horrifying May 24 Uvalde massacre of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers, DeWine did act. He did what he did after the horrifying August 2019 mass shooting in Dayton -- proposing a package of modest measures that he could accomplish mostly on his own or that a gun-worshipping legislature just might consider.
, which eliminates Ohio’s concealed-carry licensure requirements, and with them, the required training and background checks. When SB 215 takes effect a week from tomorrow, on June 13, it will put Ohio exactly at the bottom of the slippery slope bystanders foresaw when then-Gov. Bob Taft signed Ohio’s original concealed-carry-permit law, in January 2004.
* The Ohio School Safety Center will boost the size of its school liaison staff and help schools and police annually review schools’ security and vulnerability.