{"id":196621,"date":"2024-01-10T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=196621"},"modified":"2024-01-10T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T18:19:00","slug":"anti-gunners-were-wrong-ohio-sees-drop-in-crime-post-constitutional-carry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/anti-gunners-were-wrong-ohio-sees-drop-in-crime-post-constitutional-carry\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Gunners Were Wrong! Ohio Sees Drop in Crime Post-Constitutional Carry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So, Ohio’s “constitutional carry” law, which kicked in around mid-2022<\/a>, stirred up quite a debate. You know, that’s the law allowing Ohioans to carry concealed firearms without a permit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics and some anti-gun city mayors were very concerned. They were shouting from the proverbial rooftops that this would lead to a giant spike in gun-related violence. Turns out, they were wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A study<\/a>, cooked up by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and Bowling Green State University, decided to take a closer look at the impact of this law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They sifted through data from June 2021 to June 2023 \u2013 a neat before-and-after snapshot. And guess what? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In six out of Ohio’s eight big cities, gun crimes actually took a dive. We’re talking places like Parma, where gun crimes plummeted by a whopping 22%. Akron and Toledo weren’t far behind, with an 18% drop. Even Columbus saw a decent 12% reduction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleveland and Canton had more modest decreases, but hey, a drop is a drop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only odd ones out were Cincinnati and Dayton, where there was a slight uptick. You can dive into the nitty-gritty of these findings on the Ohio Attorney General’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They didn’t just stop at crime rates, though. The study also used gunshot-detection tech to back up their findings, showing similar downward trends in Toledo and Columbus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Alabama, Ohio Become 22nd & 23rd State to Enact Constitutional Carry!\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As for the impact on cops? They found no big difference in gun-related injuries or deaths among officers before and after the law was in play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave Yost, the Ohio Attorney General, shared his two cents in an op-ed for the National Review<\/em><\/a>. His main point? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should be focusing on the bad guys using guns for crime, not the law-abiding folks who are just exercising their Second Amendment rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guns don\u2019t cause shootings any more than electricity causes electrocutions. It\u2019s all about human agency

Our study last week demonstrates that progressive big-city mayors got it wrong blaming the legislature

The piece I wrote for the National Review: https:\/\/t.co\/LFbOcKGVnN<\/a><\/p>— Attorney General Dave Yost (@DaveYostOH) January 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>