Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidates Dennis Kucinich and Richard Chordray differ on bill to ban assault weapons introduced in the the Ohio Senate this week that makes it a criminal offense to own assault weapons...."Cordray's refusal to support an assault weapons ban in Ohio puts him on the wrong side of recent federal court decisions, and the wrong side of all Ohioans who want to see these weapons off the streets," said Kucinich.....Kucinich said that Chordray's "past pro-gun positions earned him the endorsement, support, and an 'A' rating from the National Rifle Association, the Buckeye Firearms Association, and similar groups....If the bill were enacted, Ohio would become the sixth state to outlaw assault weapons....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidates Richard Chordray (left) and Dennis Kucinich

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CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-Cleveland, Ohio-Yesterday, Democratic members of the Ohio Senate introduced a bill that would outlaw assault weapons in Ohio and make it a criminal offense to own or acquire weapons like those used in the mass slaying at a high school in Parkland, Florida last week and in dozens of other similar fatal shootings across the country.

Whether the bill ever becomes law remains to be seen, given that both chambers of the Ohio state legislature, the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives, are controlled by Republicans.

The proposed legislative measure comes on the heels of a rally and press conference on Monday in Cleveland spearheaded by Democratic candidate for governor Dennis Kucinich, and his running mate, Akron Councilwoman Tara Samples, to demand that assault weapons are banned statewide by the state legislature.

A former Cleveland mayor and former congressman who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2004 and 2008, Kucinich faces Richard Chordray, a former state attorney general and state treasurer and consumer watchdog who recently quit his job in Washington, D.C  relative to his bid for governor, state Sen. Joe Schiavoni (D-33), former state representative Connie Pillich, and former Ohio Supreme Court justice Bill O'Neil in a five-way race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

If the bill were enacted, Ohio would become the sixth state to outlaw assault weapons.

The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has reported that five states now ban assault weapons: California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey.

The Democratic candidates for governor, however, are on very different sides of this politically, socially, and emotionally charged public safety issue.

So far, Kucinich and Samples have enlisted the support of more than 2,000 volunteers to lobby their city councils and boards of educations to pass resolutions supporting state legislation to ban assault weapons.

Exactly one year ago yesterday, the 4th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals upheld the state of Maryland’s ban on 45 different types of assault weapons and on a 10-round limit on gun magazines.

“Put simply, we have no power to extend second amendment protections to weapons of war,” wrote Judge Robert King for the majority in that decision.

Only a few months earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case that which would have overturned that Maryland ban.

"Ohio attorney general and candidate for governor who led the legal battle in Ohio to invalidate a Cleveland law banning assault weapons and make it impossible for any other city to enact a similar law apparently remains opposed to such bans," said Kucinich.

" He talked about appointing a gun violence prevention czar and promoting practical, common sense measures to address gun violence, [but at] no point did he express support for a ban on the deadly, military style assault weapons,'' he said.

Kucinich said that Chordray's past pro-gun positions earned him the endorsement, support, and an 'A' rating from the National Rifle Association, the Buckeye Firearms Association, and similar groups.

"Cordray’s refusal to support an assault weapons ban in Ohio puts him on the wrong side of recent federal court decisions, and the wrong side of all Ohioans who want to see these weapons off the streets," said Kucinich.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS