Gov.’s veto of gun bill overridden
From Times Wire Reports
Lawmakers voted in Columbus to override outgoing Gov. Robert A. Taft’s veto of a bill that would wipe out local gun laws, the first time in 20 years that the Legislature has rejected a gubernatorial veto.
The move was all the more unusual because both chambers are dominated by the GOP -- the governor’s party.
Taft, who leaves office in a few weeks, has said the gun bill preempts about 80 local gun laws, including assault-weapons bans in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo.
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