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Judges’ Group Opposes Bill Letting Guns into Buildings with Courtrooms, Citing Safety and Ambiguities
Summary
Judge Tyrone Yates, speaking for the Ohio Judicial Conference, testified in opposition to House Bill 68, saying the bill’s undefined terms and 'in operation' standard would create enforcement ambiguity and could expand weapons access in multi-use county courthouses.
The Ohio Judicial Conference told the House Public Safety Committee it opposes House Bill 68, arguing the measure would expand access to deadly weapons in and around court facilities and that the bill’s definitions are legally ambiguous and impractical to enforce.
Judge Tyrone Yates, a Hamilton County Municipal Court judge and board member of the Association of Municipal and County Judges of Ohio, told the committee courts are "places where emotions can run very high," pointing to proceedings such as…
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