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A new report released by Johns Hopkins University shows that gun homicides rose 7.6% from 2020, a year that set a previous U.S. record. Firearms are the leading cause of death for those under age 25.

The incident happened on March 6 at the home of Cincinnati Bengals player Joe Mixon, when area teens were taking part in an annual tradition known as "dart wars" using Nerf guns.

Cincinnati Council voted unanimously Wednesday to require safe storage of guns around children and allow for local enforcement of the federal ban on people with a domestic violence conviction from possessing a firearm.

Riverview East Academy was put under lockdown after someone reported a person with a gun in the building.

Whitney Austin, a mass shooting survivor who was hit 12 times during a rampage in Cincinnati, appeared in front of an Ohio Senate committee to share her story and testify for a bill that would create more gun purchasing regulations.

National gun control group Moms Demand Action and Cincinnati's Women Helping Women say the two issues are deeply linked.

With the Ohio General Assembly having a veto-proof super-majority and funding from the gun lobby, national gun control advocacy groups like Moms Demand Action find it hard to deal with the state's legislature, even with their success in other state capitols.

The move will likely provoke the ire of gun rights advocates and lobbyists, who have argued that categorizing gun sales would unfairly flag an industry when most sales do not lead to mass shootings.

Some teachers are choosing to arm themselves, but does it make the classroom safer?

A group of local gun shop owners is partnering with the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation to launch a unique suicide prevention program in the state.