Ohio lawmakers override gun veto [View All]

[deadparrot]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lawmakers voted Tuesday to override outgoing Gov. Bob Taft's veto of a bill that will wipe out local gun laws, the first time in 29 years that the Legislature has rejected a gubernatorial veto.

The move was all the more unusual because both chambers are dominated by Republicans — the governor's own party.

The Senate voted 21-12 on Tuesday to override, and the House voted last week. The bill will take effect in about three months.

Taft, who leaves office in a few weeks, has said the gun bill exceeded its goal of cleaning up Ohio's concealed weapons law because it pre-empts about 80 local gun laws, including assault-weapons bans in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo.

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