Arizona Gun Safety Laws Get 'F' On 2020 Scorecard - Across Arizona, AZ - Despite the pandemic, several states passed new gun safety laws in 2020, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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Ohio s gun safety laws got a D in a recent report. (Shutterstock / DmyTo)
OHIO The coronavirus pandemic brought several state legislatures to an early halt in 2020, threatening any potential progress to address gun violence in Ohio and other states.
However, the deaths of Breonna Taylor in Louisville and George Floyd in Minneapolis, both at the hands of police, sparked historic protests and calls for policing and gun reform. The swell of activism also prompted stalled lawmakers in several states to act by introducing and passing new gun legislation despite the ongoing pandemic.
In all, 43 new gun safety laws were passed in 13 states in 2020, bringing to 180 the total number of laws enacted since the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, according to the newest Annual Gun Scorecard compiled by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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Arizona joins four other states in seeking protection from any federal legislation that would affect Second Amendment rights.
Washington state senators voted along party lines Thursday to pass a bill that would ban the open carry of firearms and other weapons both at the Capitol building and grounds and within 250 feet of a permitted protest anywhere in the state.
The ban includes having a firearm in one s car.
Democratic state Sen. Patty Kuderer, the bill’s sponsor, said guns and politically-charged situations is a bad combination and it poses serious risk to public health and safety. What you need when you come to the Capitol is your voice. You don’t need a weapon, she said.