A gun reform bill may change how handguns are bought in Ohio.
Senate Bill 215 proposes that anyone over the age of 21, who can legally buy a gun, would allow concealing the weapon without a license or permit.
The bill would also loosen required training.
Currently, eight hours of gun safety training is mandatory, along with two hours of practice on a shooting range.
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This made some gun shop owners worried that background checks would no longer be required.
“If I give a bad guy a gun, who are they? I mean what might happen right? That’s the way I look at it,” said Roger Harris, owner of Dead Woods Guns and Ammo.
State law requires drivers who get pulled over to tell police they have a gun in their car.
However, if the bill passes, the officer will have to ask you.
News Center 7′s Kayla McDermott asked people who were out what they thought of the proposed bill.
Shaeli Spurlock from Dayton said, “I’m all for owning guns like that’s your right, but we need to do it in a safe, responsible way that way people don’t get hurt.”
Another woman said she finds the bill controversial.
“I think that’s not such a bad idea as a mom, I feel like when I’m out without my husband it can be kind of scary,” she said, but only on the condition, they have training.
If the bill is passed, Ohio will become the 22nd conceal-carry on public state without needing a license in the country.