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A divided Ohio Supreme Court has accepted an appeal by Columbus to keep its ban on bump stocks, an accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire鈥�

Democratic state senators had lots of questions for the sponsor of Gov. Mike DeWine鈥檚 proposed gun violence bill at its first hearing.They wanted details鈥�

An Ohio Senate committee is holding hearings on several pieces of gun legislation on Tuesday. Some of the bills being heard in the Government Oversight鈥�

Columbus leaders are celebrating an appeals court ruling that throws out a lawsuit against the city鈥檚 ban on bump stocks.The 10th District Court of鈥�

Gun rights groups had a sought a hold on the ban, which went into effect on Tuesday. The court denied the second such appeal, allowing the ban to proceed while challenges move through the courts.

Anyone selling or owning bump stocks could face up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. The devices are now classified as machine guns.

The federal ban on bump stocks announced in December takes effect March 26. Sellers and gun rights groups are taking advantage of that extra time to boost sales, despite the upcoming ban.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a final rule banning the gun accessories known as 鈥渂ump stocks,鈥� a move that may impact a Columbus鈥�

New regulations will bar the sale of the accessories that enable rifles to fire faster, and will require current owners to turn them in or destroy them.

Most Americans first learned about "bump stocks," which speed up the firing rate of semiautomatic rifles, in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre. A year later, they're still mostly legal.