Gun policy also flies in the face of public opinion at the state level. In Ohio, 2018 polling found large majorities in favor of gun control. More than 60 percent of Ohioans supported bans on semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, and more than 70 percent supported a mandatory waiting period for gun purchases. More than 75 percent did not support arming teachers. But the Republican-dominated state legislature took a different route. Instead of passing gun control legislation, it passed a bill allowing for the concealed carry of handguns without a permit, alongside Texas, Tennessee,
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This would be comical if it weren’t so sad
