In the weeks following mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, within a 48-hour span, Gov. Mike DeWine is tightening gun background check laws. There's currently no law in Ohio requiring warrants for violent crimes and protection orders to be entered into the state's background check system.The current system is not an accurate reflection of the number of violent offenders in the state.Several Tier 1 offenders like murderers, kidnappers, rapists and domestic violence offenders are not entered into the state's system.The governor's team estimated there are at least 500,000 open warrants today in the state."Only 217,000 of those were entered into the state system, and of those, only 18,117 were entered into the federal system," said DeWine. The "Strong Ohio" bill will require courts to enter final protection orders made in connection with 28 types of violent crime into the records within 48 hours.Lt. Gov. John Husted will be in charge of making the system simpler, more efficient and free for local governments.The automated system will also get more accurate records into the hands of gun shop owners quicker."Twenty-thousand times in five years, the system allowed an individual to purchase a firearm because there wasn't enough information in the NCICS database to make that a denial at the time," said L.E.P.D. Firearms, Range & Training Facility co-owner Eric Delbert.

In the weeks following mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, within a 48-hour span, Gov. Mike DeWine is tightening gun background check laws.

There's currently no law in Ohio requiring warrants for violent crimes and protection orders to be entered into the state's background check system.

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The current system is not an accurate reflection of the number of violent offenders in the state.

Several Tier 1 offenders like murderers, kidnappers, rapists and domestic violence offenders are not entered into the state's system.

The governor's team estimated there are at least 500,000 open warrants today in the state.

"Only 217,000 of those were entered into the state system, and of those, only 18,117 were entered into the federal system," said DeWine.

The "Strong Ohio" bill will require courts to enter final protection orders made in connection with 28 types of violent crime into the records within 48 hours.

Lt. Gov. John Husted will be in charge of making the system simpler, more efficient and free for local governments.

The automated system will also get more accurate records into the hands of gun shop owners quicker.

"Twenty-thousand times in five years, the system allowed an individual to purchase a firearm because there wasn't enough information in the NCICS database to make that a denial at the time," said L.E.P.D. Firearms, Range & Training Facility co-owner Eric Delbert.

