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- The city will enact a Weapons Under Disability Ordinance that mirrors federal law by prohibiting possession of a weapon is a person was previously convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, currently is the subject of a protection order, or previously was convicted of, or is under indictment for, a felony crime that is considered a disability under federal law but not Ohio law.
- The city will ban the possession, brandishing or use of bump stocks and other firearms accessories.
- The city will ban the sale of imitation firearms to minors, ban the brandishing or display of imitation firearms in public and prohibit the alteration of an imitation firearms to remove its blaze orange plug.
- The city will re-enact weapons codes by creating ordinances to mirror state law.
- The city will include protections for intimate partners, including dating partners. If someone commits domestic violence while possessing or carrying a firearm they will receive a mandatory minimum sentence of six months in jail.
- The city will punish violators of Temporary Criminal Protection orders and Civil Orders of Protection with a minimum of six months in jail if they possess or carry firearms during the offense.
- The city will mirror state code provisions for storing and returning surrendered firearms. Deadly weapons seized in connection with an arrest for domestic violence or violating a protection order will be retained, unless there is a court order to the contrary.
- The city will add properties “upon which a felony offense of violence has occurred to the Columbus City Code definition of a “public nuisance.”
- The city will ban commercial gun sales in residential areas.
- The city will expand the weapons reporting process. Family, friends and concerned citizens will be allowed to report minors with weapons and have those weapons surrendered.